Standards approved for 'right to question' Unification Church

Cultural Affairs Agency deputy chief Tetsuo Goda speaks Tuesday at a meeting of an expert panel to study criteria for exercising the government's right to ask questions of a religious group the agency oversees. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

In preparation for an investigation into the religious group widely known as the Unification Church, draft standards for exercising the government's "right to ask questions" were approved Tuesday by an expert panel.

The Cultural Affairs Agency, which oversees religious organizations, will finalize the standards and begin formulating questions to ask the group.