A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the ...

A Japanese court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, following a government request spurred by the ...

A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court issued ...

The court’s decision revokes the legal status of the South Korea-based church ... Its followers were known as “Moonies”, and the church was accused of brainwashing and manipulating its ...

SEOUL — No more mass weddings, no more “Moonies”: The wellspring of the funds that the Unification Church has ... savings under pressure from radical adherents who wouldn’t leave them alone. The ...

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification is the first religious group to face a revocation order under Japan’s ...

The Unification Church is the first religious group in Japan to face a revocation order under civil law. Two other groups have lost their status previously but due to criminal cases – Aum Shinrikyo, ...

The Unification Church, which was started in South Korea, has established a presence in Japan since the 1960s. The name "Moonies" was derived from the name of its founder, Sun Myung Moon.

Devotees are known as "Moonies" after the church's founder ... the church champions anti-communism and the unification of North and South Korea. It's perhaps best known for mass weddings, where ...

A Japanese court ordered on Tuesday that a religious sect be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the ...

The Unification Church has been stripped of its legal status in Japan following a request triggered by the assassination of ...