Tokyo High Court Upholds Order to Dissolve Controversial Unification Church

Tokyo. The Tokyo High Court upheld the lower court's order to dissolve the controversial religious organization, the Unification Church. This ruling on Wednesday strengthens the grounds for the allegations made by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.The ministry had claimed that the organization coerced its followers into donating large sums of money under mental duress. The High Court rejected the organization's appeal, ruling that such activities do not fall under religious freedom and constitute pure economic exploitation.The root of this case is linked to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The assassin,...