We wonder if the prime minister realizes it will be essential for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to scrutinize its long-standing relationship with the Unification Church and sincerely ...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will step down Tuesday, handing over leadership to his successor Shigeru Ishiba, who is ...

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 Unification Church was born from the ruins of the Korean War (1950/1953) and was exported to several countries including the US where the movement was successful in seducing conservatives as ...

Shigeru Ishiba will succeed Fumio Kishida as Japan’s prime minister. From security threats to an ageing population and low ...

Japanese politicians say they're cutting ties with the controversial former Unification Church after its influence came to light with the July murder of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

The Asahi Shimbun daily has published a photo purporting to show a meeting between then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and a ...

Since the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, public shock has morphed into outrage, as the deeply embedded ties between the controversial Unification Church and Japan’s ruling ...

The nine candidates vying to become prime minister have been differentiated by their stances on a law requiring married ...

Japan’s controversial Unification Church has filed an appeal in the country’s apex court to cancel a decision imposing a fine for its failure to respond to queries during a government inquiry, says a ...

Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, a plain-spoken populist, won leadership of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party in ...

A mere three days after being elected as the new leader of Japan’s ruling party, incoming Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has ...