The Latest Breaking News from the Unification Church

SASAMI is the most exciting pop star of the year: 'I resent being pigeonholed'

Alternative cult hero SASAMI has now turned to pop and is creating some of the most boundary-breaking music around

Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2025

Unification Church Faces Dissolution In Japan

The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace.

International Business Times · Mar 15, 2025

Japan's leader grilled in parliament over widening fundraising scandal, link to Unification Church

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and several key Cabinet ministers have been grilled by opposition lawmakers in parliament over a widening fundraising scandal that threatens to further drag down the government’s sagging popularity

The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2023

Japan’s government to ask court to strip Unification Church of legal status

South Korea-based church has come under scrutiny since the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Al Jazeera · Oct 12, 2023

Japan government panel to decide whether to ask court to revoke legal status of Unification Church

Japan’s government is convening a religious affairs council to decide whether to seek a court order to revoke legal status of the Unification Church

The Independent UK · Oct 12, 2023

In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition

Momo Nomura, a graphic artist and entrepreneur, visits a shrine near her business meetings or trips almost weekly

The Independent UK · Oct 5, 2023

Abe shooting suspect refuses all contact with his mother

The suspect indicted over the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe wants no contact with his mother, according to sources. Tetsuya Yamagami has consistently declined offers of detention-house visits from his 70-year-old parent, and has not replied to her letters, the sources said.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Jul 7, 2023

‘Bomb scare’ at Shinzo Abe murder trial turns out to be box full of petitions calling for leniency

Box delivered to person responsible for pretrial procedure

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023

Bomb targeting Japan PM complicates timing of election, BOJ move

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s political fortunes had been improving of late. This weekend’s assassination attempt may change that, depending on the motivation of his bomb-wielding attacker.

Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2023