A Cabinet minister has said it would be difficult to request a court order to dissolve the Unification Church under the current circumstances, following calls to do so from the National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales, which supports victims of the group formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
"Given that [requesting a dissolution order] is an extremely serious measure that would deprive a religious organization of its juridical personality under the Religious Corporations Law, it is necessary to make a decision carefully based on legal precedents," Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Keiko Nagaoka said at a press conference on Friday.
