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		Tokyo court orders former Unification Church to disban (nhk.or.jp)
		7 points by nipponese 8 months ago \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 3 comments

ziddoap 8 months ago | [–]

Very sparse on details.

I found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Unification_Churc... gave me some context.

(and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unification_Church#In_Japan_(1...)

Hamuko 8 months ago | | [–]

Yeah, I was surprised that there wasn't even a passing mention of Shinzo Abe's assassination, which arguably kicked off this chain of events.

ldayley 8 months ago | [–]

Ahhh, So THESE are the “Moonies” I’ve heard cult-y references to in pop culture for decades…

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