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UNIFICATION CHURCH

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 19, 2022
LDP under fire for excluding parliament chiefs from Unification Church survey
Hiroyuki Hosoda, speaker of the House of Representatives, and Hidehisa Otsuji, president of the House of Councilors, are not lawmakers belonging to the LDP, the party claims.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 18, 2022
Kishida Cabinet support rate continues to plummet, survey shows
The latest poll comes as the ruling LDP struggles to defuse jitters over its controversial links to the Unification Church and a planned state funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2022
Former members of Unification Church rail at politicians who embraced it
The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July has opened a debate over the church and has shone a spotlight on its close ties with the ruling LDP.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2022
LDP's Seiji Kihara did not report attending Unification Church-linked event
Kihara said that he was reminded of his attendance after hearing the names of national security experts who also joined the event, when it was pointed out by outsiders.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2022
Senior LDP executive backs discussions on anti-cult law
Toshiaki Endo, chair of the LDP's General Council, said that it would nonetheless be 'hard to define what cults are.'
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Okinawa
Sep 12, 2022
Brainwashed by the Unification Church: A former student follower tells his story
Cited as a factor in the shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the group's aggressive solicitation of members and so-called spiritual sales have been a problem since the 1980s.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 12, 2022
How Japan's political system linked the Unification Church with lawmakers
One problem faced by Japan is that there are institutional and customary factors that allow fringe organizations to maintain access to politicians at the highest levels of government.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2022
LDP survey shows 121 lawmakers had substantial ties with the Unification Church
The degree of ties varied, with some lawmakers having been interviewed in a publication linked to the religious group, while two were found to have received organizational election support.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 5, 2022
Disapproval rate for Kishida rises amid mounting problems
A Yomiuri Shimbun poll found that the Cabinet disapproval rating had topped 40% for the first time and now stood at 41%, up 7 percentage points from the previous poll in early August.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2022
LDP to delay report on lawmakers' ties to Unification Church
All 379 LDP lawmakers, excluding the leaders of both parliamentary chambers, submitted their results by Friday's deadline, and the results could come sometime next week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 2, 2022
Unification Church and the LDP: A scandal or a witch hunt?
Japan performs a balancing act with political parties and how closely they should be allowed to work with religious groups.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 31, 2022
Kishida says LDP to sever all ties with Unification Church
The prime minister acknowledged that revelations surrounding lawmakers' ties to the religious group over recent months have eroded public faith in politics.
Japan Times
LIFE / Lifestyle / Longform
Aug 29, 2022
How faith and spirituality shape modern Japan
The religious movement behind the grudge held by the man charged with Abe's assassination has cast a fresh light on how religion is perceived and practiced in the nation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2022
LDP surveys lawmakers on Unification Church ties — but names unlikely to be revealed
The party does not plan to publish the names of lawmakers found to have ties with the group, unless they are deemed to have especially deep relations to the religious group.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2022
Kishida denies ties as magazine links backer to Unification Church
In a politically awkward development for Kishida, a magazine has reported a chairman of a branch of a Kishida support group is under scrutiny for his ties with the church.
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