The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could ...

If confirmed, the sect nicknamed the ‘Moonies’ may become the third religious group ordered to disband in Japan.

What is the Unification Church, and how will Japan’s probe affect it? Japan has launched a probe of the Unification Church, potentially threatening the group’s position in a country it relies ...

The more than 125 million people there have fewer than 10,000 churches, including Catholic and Orthodox ones. Christians account for less than 1 percent of Japan’s population. According to 2016 ...

The Church in Japan stands at a crossroads. In a country facing a demographic crisis with its aging population and declining ...

Kwak Chung-hwan, once a close associate of Sun Myung Moon, the founder of the Unification Church, is now one of the critics of the group. “Donations from Japan have provided a large pillar for ...

Japan's Supreme Court has ordered a religious group formerly known as the Unification Church to pay a fine for failing to properly respond to government inquiries.