Shinzo Abe's Assassination Exposed a Billion-Dollar Religious Empire.. The Unification Church's Secrets Unravelled
The 2022 assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe exposed a global controversy surrounding the Unification Church, also known as the Moonies. The gunman, Tetsuya Yamagami, blamed the organization for his family's financial ruin after his mother made enormous donations.
What followed was an investigation into decades of high-pressure fundraising, spiritual sales, mass weddings, and political connections across Japan and South Korea. In June 2026, Japan's Supreme Court finalized an order dissolving the church's legal status as a religious corporation. Two months later, its…
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