Japan’s government is convening a religious affairs council on Thursday to ask experts to decide whether to seek a court order to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church. The church's fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party have triggered public outrage.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's government has taken tough stance in a perceived move to shore up support, hurt by his governing Liberal Democratic party's decades-long ties with the South Korea-based church that surfaced in the investigation of former leader Shinzo Abe’s 2022 assassination.
