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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

Japan begins inquiry into Unification church in wake of Shinzo Abe killing

Wellwishers gather at a state funeral for late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in September.
Well-wishers in Japan gather at a state funeral for late former prime minister Shinzo Abe in September. An investigation into the Unification church has begun. Photograph: Keizo Mori/UPI/REX/Shutterstock

Japan’s government has launched an investigation into the Unification church, five months after the former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead, allegedly by a man with a longstanding grudge against the group.

The probe, announced on Tuesday, will focus on the church’s finances and organisation, and could see it stripped of its legal status, media reports said.

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