By Massimo Introvigne 

On March 4, the Tokyo High Court announced its decision to uphold the Tokyo District Court’s verdict ordering the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly known as the Unification Church and still often referred to by that name) as a religious corporation. What follows is an analysis of the voluminous decision. The text is often repetitive, and my analysis proceeds by examining its six main themes rather than following its arguments in the order in which they are presented.

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