This is the first case in Japan in which a religious group has been ordered to dissolve over violations of the Civil Code.

A Japanese court has upheld an order to dissolve the controversial Unification Church, local media report. Last year, a ...

The Tokyo High Court will rule on Wednesday whether to order the group previously known as the Unification Church to disband ...

The special appeal came after the Tokyo High Court last week upheld the dissolution order issued by the Tokyo District Court.

The Tokyo High Court on March 4 upheld a lower court order to dissolve the Unification Church, rejecting the religious sect’s ...

The Tokyo High Court on March 4 upheld a lower court’s order for the former Unification Church to dissolve, agreeing that the organization’s solicitation for large donations has continued to harm ...

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The Tokyo High Court upheld an order to dissolve the group widely known as the Unification Church as a religious corporation. The group and its practices were cast into the spotlight after the fatal ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A Japanese high court on Wednesday upheld a dissolution order for the Unification Church as requested by the ...

S/ Lawyer for Unification Church / I can’t believe it. I wonder if this can really be allowed. All I can say is that ...

A Japanese court decided Wednesday to uphold a dissolution order for the Unification Church, a controversial religious movement founded in 1954, according to a local media report. The Tokyo High Court ...

TOKYO, March 4 (Xinhua) -- The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld a lower court's order to dissolve the religious group previously known as the Unification Church.