was furious about Abe's reported ties to the Unification Church, which has pursued relationships with politically conservative groups and leaders in the United States, Japan and Europe.

Political connections: Conservative, spanning South Korea, Japan, the United States, and other regions. The Unification Church has reportedly held connections with presidents Richard Nixon ...

Suspicion subsequently began to swirl around the Unification Church — a global religious ... including significant populations in Japan and the United States. Throughout the years, the group ...

He claims that he was motivated by Abe’s support for the controversial Unification Church ... demonstrates in the park outside the United States District Courthouse on Oct. 22, 1981.Bettmann ...

Unification Church leaders Reverend Sun Myung Moon ... The conviction soured Moon on the United States. In a 1995 speech, he described it as “a nation in decay,” and said he was instead ...

the church began to spread west, including into the United States. Moon was able to build up assets and influence throughout Washington, D.C. "The Unification Church at one time owned the ...

by MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOPICS: TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the ...

Japan’s government on Friday asked a court to order the dissolution of the Unification Church branch in Japan ... unlike in most EU member states. This, according to Toshiyuki Tachikake, a ...

Head of Japan's Unification Church Vows to Fight Loss of Legal ... and courted controversy in South Korea, Japan, and the United States for decades. Moon, an anti-communist and self-declared ...

TOKYO, March 27 (Reuters) - The head of the Unification Church's Japan branch vowed ... Japan, and the United States for decades. Moon, an anti-communist and self-declared messiah who died at ...