Japan’s government will ask a court to order the disbandment of the fringe religious group whose activities were cited as motivating the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The request could come soon, Masahito Moriyama, the culture minister said in a brief statement Thursday. Kyodo News reported the move could come as early as Friday. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Police said Tetsuya Yamagami, the person charged in Abe’s July 2022 murder, told them he shot the former premier because of his connections to the South Korean-based group formerly known as the Unification Church.
Japan Seeks To Dissolve Unification Church Connected To Shinzo Abe’s Assassination
Isabel Reynolds / Bloomberg, Time
Wed, 10/11/2023 - 11:30pm
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