Hearings on Unification Church dissolution order to end in November

The Japan TimesCenterEN 1 min read 100% complete by No AuthorOctober 29, 2025 at 03:37 AM

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Court hearings set to conclude in November will determine the fate of an order to dissolve Japan's Unification Church, officially known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. The Tokyo High Court is reviewing an appeal filed by the religious group against a March decision from the Tokyo District Court ordering its dissolution. This comes after the group was linked to the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three years ago. If the high court upholds the lower court's ruling, the disbandment order will take immediate effect.

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