Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida ordered an investigation Monday into the Unification Church in an apparent move to calm the public outrage over his governing party's cozy ties with the controversial group, which were revealed in the wake of Shinzo Abe's assassination.
Former prime minister Abe was shot to death during an outdoor campaign speech in July. The suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, told police he killed Abe because of his apparent link to a religious group he hated. A letter and social media postings attributed to Yamagami said his mother's large donations to the church bankrupted his family and ruined his life.
The Unification Church, founded in South Korea in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon, obtained a religious organization status in Japan in 1968 amid anti-communist movement supported by Abe's grandfather and former prime minister Nobusuke Kishi. A government panel submitted a report earlier Monday that found many financial problems and lawsuits stemming from the church's methods. The report called for an investigation while considering revoking the group's legal status, though officials are seen as reluctant to go that far.
Many critics consider the church to be a cult because of problems with followers and their families over their financial and mental hardships. Nagaoka, the culture minister, said she will set up a panel of legal and religious experts next week to discuss a rare investigation into a religious group.
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