Kishida Cabinet support rate continues to plummet, survey shows

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida delivers a speech at a ceremony for the 75th founding anniversary of the Japan War-Bereaved Family Association at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 12.  | POOL / VIA REUTERS

The Cabinet’s public approval rating dropped to 40.2%, a new low since its launch last year, the latest Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party struggles to defuse jitters over its controversial links to a religious group and a planned state funeral later in the month for former Prime Minister Shinzo

Japan starts consultation service for Unification Church woes

A former follower of the Unification Church testifies at a meeting held by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan at the Diet building on Thursday. | KYODO

The government started Monday a telephone consultation service for people experiencing trouble with the Unification Church, a religious group that has stirred controversy since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed over alleged links to the group in July. Officials from government offices, including the Justice Ministry and the police and consumer affairs agencies, have

At least 146 LDP lawmakers had dealings with Unification Church, survey shows

A Liberal Democratic board meeting at the party's headquarters in Tokyo's Nagatacho district.  | KYODO

At least 146 lawmakers from the Liberal Democratic Party have had dealings with the Unification Church or affiliated organizations, a Kyodo News survey and interviews revealed, once again highlighting the close ties between the ruling party and the religious body. Politicians’ connections to the church, formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and

Ex-Unification Church senior official calls donation coercion a serious problem

A believer carries a portrait of Unification Church founder Sun Myung-moon toward an altar during a memorial Mass at the church's Japan headquarters in Tokyo on Sept. 3, 2012.  | REUTERS

The Unification Church acts “clearly against public morality” as it has imposed an unreasonable quota for donations on its churches across Japan, causing many followers to go bankrupt, a former senior official of the religious group has said. In a rare interview given by a former executive of the group under his real name, Masaue

Kishida denies ties as magazine links backer to Unification Church

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida holds a virtual news conference on Wednesday in Tokyo. | KYODO

Doubling down on earlier assertions, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida reiterated Wednesday that he has no personal ties to the Unification Church after a weekly magazine claimed that the head of his support group in Kumamoto Prefecture had links to the controversial religious organization. In response to questioning from reporters during a video news conference, Kishida

Kishida’s attempt to reset Unification Church issue backfires

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida prepares for a group photo with his new Cabinet ministers after reshuffling on Aug. 10. | POOL / VIA BLOOMBERG

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s attempt to use the recent Cabinet reshuffling to avoid public criticism over the ties between lawmakers of his Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church seems to have backfired. Links between the ruling party’s members and the religious group, officially called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, have caused

Number of Unification Church victim group consultations rises after Abe death

Unification Church members participate in a mass gathering at the Seoul World Cup Stadium in 2017. | AFP-JIJI

Nara – A group helping victims of the Unification Church said Thursday that the number of consultations it received in July jumped 12 times more than the previous month, following the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. A majority of the 94 consultations came from families of believers asking how their kin could leave

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