US EditionJapan: Court Upholds Order to Dissolve Unification Church
The court found the church illegally solicited over 20 billion yen from 1,500 donors, ending its religious corporation status and triggering asset liquidation.
- The Tokyo High Court upheld a dissolution order against the Unification Church on Wednesday, denying its appeal and rejecting claims that donations were legitimate religious activities.
- After the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, scrutiny intensified and a December 2022 law was enacted to curb manipulative fundraising tactics.
- The Tokyo District Court found the organisation swindled at least 20.4 billion yen from more than 1,500 people and investigators cited coercive tactics like undisclosed approaches and pressured purchases.
- The organisation can still appeal to the Supreme Court, and Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara said he has instructed ministries to cooperate and hopes court-supervised liquidation will swiftly compensate victims.
- As a legal precedent, the district ruling was pioneering in using torts under the Civil Code and follows investigations revealing ties between the group and conservative lawmakers, while the organisation denied organisational involvement and highlighted compliance measures since 2009 and compensation efforts.
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Japanese court upholds order to dissolve Unification Church
Japanese court upholds order to dissolve Unification Church A Japanese court has upheld an order to dissolve the controversial Unification Church, local media report. Last year, a district court in Tokyo ordered the church disbanded after Japan's education and culture ministry accused it of…
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