Unification Church

The Japanese leader missed his chance to hold a snap election and cement his power. Now his leadership of both party and country is in jeopardy.

Decades of cozy ties between the church and Japan’s ruling party, revealed in the investigation of Abe’s 2022 assassination, have triggered public outrage.

The Unification Church and North Korea are closely linked, despite the church's adamant anti-communist stance.

Kishida is attempting to calm public outrage over his handling of his party's extensive ties to the Unification Church.

Japan’s governing party is struggling to quell public suspicion over party members’ ties with the controversial Unification Church.

In an apparent move to calm continued public outrage, Kishida ordered an investigation into the Unification Church.

In a post-Abe era, Japanese politics has been rocked by the Unification Church’s links to LDP lawmakers.

An internal survey by Japan’s ruling party confirmed widespread ties between the Liberal Democratic Party and the South Korea-based church.

The claimed motive for the crime – poverty and neglect – has sparked a surprising amount of sympathy among Japanese for the alleged assassin.

Kishida said it was important to gain people's trust and that the new Cabinet included only those who agreed to strictly review their ties to the Unification Church.

Japanese lawmakers’ collusive ties with the controversial religious group have emerged as a major national issue.

The recent ferry tragedy has added another chapter to the country’s disconcerting history with cults.