So far, only two religious organizations have received a dissolution order from a Japanese court because of legal violations.
TOKYO — The Japanese government plans to seek a court order to disband the Unification Church, a government source said Saturday, a move that comes after a months-long probe into the religious group over allegations of soliciting financially ruinous donations from members and other questionable practices.
According to the source, the Cultural Affairs Agency is currently considering convening a meeting of an advisory body on religious institutions — possibly on Oct. 12 — to report its plan, and then asking the Tokyo District Court to issue an order to dissolve the group, the source said. The law allows Japanese courts to order the dissolution of a religious group that has committed an act which is "clearly found to harm public welfare substantially."
One was the AUM Shinrikyo cult, which carried out the deadly 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.
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