Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has announced his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification Church following a widening scandal brought on by former leader Shinzo Abe's assassination.
Widespread cozy ties between members of Mr Kishida's governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), many of them belonging to Mr Abe's faction, and the South Korean church have surfaced since Mr Abe was shot to death while giving a campaign speech in July.
