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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

TOKYO, Japan, March 26 Kyodo - Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages. (Kyodo)

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka (R), head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Japan court orders dissolution of Unification Church

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Unification Church's Japan branch, holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 25, 2025, after the Tokyo District Court ordered the church's dissolution, a decision that will deprive the controversial organization, criticized for soliciting financially ruinous donations from its members, of its status as a religious corporation with tax advantages.

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Head of Unification Church Japan branch

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on July 10, 2024.

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Unification Church to allocate up to 10 bil. yen for compensation

The Unification Church's Japan branch said Tuesday it plans to allocate up to 10 billion yen ($67 million) to the Japanese government to cover possible compensation for former believers and their families over forced donations amid concerns that it would transfer its assets overseas.

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Unification Church press conference

Tomihiro Tanaka (L), head of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Unification Church press conference

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Unification Church press conference

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Unification Church press conference

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, formally called the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, speaks during a press conference at its headquarters in Tokyo on Nov. 7, 2023.

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Photographer recalls career of shooting Japanese prime ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Tomihiro Kubota, a longtime official photographer of Japanese prime ministers, talks about his career in an interview with Kyodo News on June 3.

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Unification Church press conference

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japan branch of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, previously named Unification Church, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2022.

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Unification Church press conference

Tomihiro Tanaka, head of the Japan branch of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, previously named Unification Church, attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Aug. 10, 2022.

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Unification Church says Abe shooter's mother is follower

Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, saying that the mother of a man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 is a follower of the religious group. Investigative sources said earlier the man harbored a grudge against the group as his mother had made a "huge donation."

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Unification Church says Abe shooter's mother is follower

Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, saying that the mother of a man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 is a follower of the religious group. Investigative sources said earlier the man harbored a grudge against the group as his mother had made a "huge donation."

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Unification Church says Abe shooter's mother is follower

Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Japan branch of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, attends a press conference in Tokyo on July 11, 2022, saying that the mother of a man who fatally shot former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on July 8 is a follower of the religious group. Investigative sources said earlier the man harbored a grudge against the group as his mother had made a "huge donation."

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Asahi Kasei unit falsified piling data in 266 projects

Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Corp. President Tomihiro Maeda (front) apologizes at a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 13, 2015, for his company's falsification of piling data. The company falsified the data on 266 projects out of the 3,040 it has worked on nationwide over the past decade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asahi Kasei head apologizes over tilting Yokohama condo

Asahi Kasei Corp. President Toshio Asano (L) and Asahi Kasei Construction Materials Co. President Tomihiro Maeda apologize at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 20, 2015, for the subsidiary's involvement in defective piling work and data falsification in the construction of a condominium building in Yokohama that is now tilting. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lost cranes find sanctuary in Taiwan, Japan

Tomihiro Kuroda (L) and his son, Shin, attend a meeting organized by Taiwan's Ecological Engineering Development Foundation to share information and coordinate conservation efforts in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on Jan. 21, 2016. A lost Siberian crane flew to his farm in Japan's Shimane Prefecture in 2014 and left about a year later. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Photographer recalls career of shooting Japanese prime ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Tomihiro Kubota, a longtime official photographer of Japanese prime ministers, talks about his career in an interview with Kyodo News on June 3. (Kyodo)

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Kimono using Kyo-yuzen dyeing method

Undated file photo shows a kimono colored using the Kyo-yuzen dyeing technique developed in Kyoto in the mid to late 17th century. The kimono was made by Tomihiro Co., a kimono shop in the northeastern Japan city of Yamagata. A procession by Mogami Yoshiaki, the feudal lord who ruled the Yamagata region about 400 years ago, and his people is depicted on the kimono (Kyodo) ==Kyodo