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Court in Japan orders dissolution of Unification Church

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The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe .

The South Korea -based church said it was considering an immediate appeal of the court’s revocation of its legal status.

The order followed a request by the Education Ministry in 2023 to dissolve the influential South Korean -based sect.

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