Even after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party released on Thursday the results of a survey of its lawmakers over their links to the religious group known as the Unification Church, unrest within the party has not abated.
The party headquarters has set forth a policy to strengthen a system to advise its lawmakers to cut ties with the group, officially called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. But there are some voices of concern about the effectiveness of this policy. A major question is whether it can be thoroughly implemented by the party's prefectural and municipal assembly members.
