Japan begins Unification Church probe amid anger over ties with ruling party

The government will give the church until Dec 9 to answer questions about its finances and organisation. - AFP

TOKYO (Reuters): Japan’s government on Tuesday (Nov 22) launched a probe into the Unification Church, the first step in a process that could strip the group of its legal status amid public anger over its links to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling party.

The government will give the church until Dec 9 to answer questions about its finances and organisation, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Keiko Nagaoka told a regular news conference.