The Economist20h
How a year of tremor and terror transformed Japan
The disasters struck a Japan already reeling economically. After decades as a powerhouse, it suffered a terrific crash of ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)2d
Court in Japan orders dissolution of Unification Church
The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into ...
Japanese Court Disbands Unification Church in Wake of Abe Killing
The assassination in 2022 of Shinzo Abe, the country’s former prime minister, led to an investigation into the group’s ...
Tokyo court orders Unification Church dissolution after Shinzo Abe's assassination
The Unification Church has faced hundreds of lawsuits in Japan from families who say that it manipulated members into ...
30 years after deadly Tokyo subway gassing, survivors and victims’ families still seeking closure
Survivors and victims' families are seeking justice thirty years after the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway ...
The World from PRX7d
30 years since Japan’s worst domestic terrorist attack, the cult group behind it is ‘ongoing problem,’ officials say
The worst terrorist attack in Japan's modern history happened 30 years ago, on March 20, 1995, during the morning rush hour ...
Nippon14d
Aum Shinrikyo Victim's Son Wants Continued Remorse
Tokyo, March 14 (Jiji Press)--The son of a victim in an abduction case involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult wants perpetrators to continue feeling remorse 30 years on. "There are two kinds of ...
japannews.yomiuri18d
Aleph, Aum Supreme Truth Cult’s Successor, Fails to Report ¥700 Million; Group Apparently Sought to Hide Assets
Aum Supreme Truth’s main successor transferred financial assets in an apparent attempt to conceal them, according to a Public Security Intelligence Agency investigation report seen by The Yomiuri ...