The Japanese branch of the Unification Church on Monday criticized the Japanese government’s request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it’s based on groundless accusations and is a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers.



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Unification Church slams Japan's dissolution request as a threat to religious freedom

The Japanese branch of the Unification Church has criticized the Japanese government’s request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it's a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers.

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Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese branch of the Unification Church has criticized the Japanese government’s request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it’s a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers. Japan’s Education Ministry last week asked the Tokyo District Court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after a ministry investigation concluded the group for deca…

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TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese branch of the Unification Church on Monday criticized the Japanese government’s request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it’s based on groundless accusations and is a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers.  Japan’s Education Ministry on Friday asked the Tokyo District Court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after a ministry investigation concluded the gro…

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Nobuo Okamura, the legal affairs department chief for the Unification Church, walks past a portrait of its founder Sun Myung Moon, left, and his wife Hak Ja Han, as he leaves a news conference at the churchs Japan headquarters in Tokyo, Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. The Japanese branch of the Unification Church on Monday criticized the Japanese governments request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying its based on groundless accusations and i…

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The Japanese branch of the Unification Church on Monday criticized the Japanese government's request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it's based on groundless accusations and is a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers.  Japan’s Education Ministry on Friday asked the Tokyo…

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Unification Church slams Japan's dissolution request as threat to religious freedom

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The Unification Church at a press conference Monday expressed disappointment over the Japanese government’s request for a court order to dissolve the religious group.
“It is very disappointing and regrettable,” the group, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, said. The press conference was held at the group’s headquarters in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward.

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