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Tokyo Court Orders Dissolution of Unification Church

Tokyo Court Orders Dissolution of Unification Church

   Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--Tokyo District Court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church.
   Presiding Judge Kenya Suzuki accepted the claims made by Japan's culture ministry to seek the disbandment of the controversial religious group formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
   It was the first ever court decision to disband a religious group for committing illegal acts under the Civil Code. The Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult was ordered to dissolve after its senior figures were found criminally liable.

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