Gov't warns Unification Church over murky child adoption practice

Aren't there strict laws around adoption.

Particularly a child adopted through any means that isn't legal, is not recognized as the child and it is illegal to do so.

The only channel for adoption is the official one, there should be no question, ambiguity, or murkiness about the process and who can or cannot facility it, or the parties involved.

Korean Unification Church abuses are far and wide. That's why a complete shutdown of this cult should happen immediately in Japan!

If this disaster happened in the USA, Europe, and one of their former presidents was assassinated because of Korean Unification Church abuses of American citizens/European citizens, to the point of suicide and murder of a former ex president.

This Korean Unification Church would have been shutdown! Mass arrest made In the West!

Only in Japan Korean abuses can go unpunished or light slap on the wrist at best!

hmm... but the religious folks might be helping the brith rate. Darn!

I doubt very much that they will comply just like any other CULT.

A Cult is NOT a Cult if it follows the rules and regulations of any nation.

“giving up a child for adoption to a family that is not blessed with children is our beautiful tradition."

So they are brainwashing their followers into literally giving away their own children?

Man, that is even more twisted than the financial scams.

A Cult is NOT a Cult if it follows the rules and regulations of any nation.

I don't that a fair definition. Plenty are law abiding.

This strategy used by cults were also more brutally used by slave owners in the US. It is used to take away any relationships that could possibly be stronger than the relationship between slave and their master. This social isolation will make it easier to control or manipulate the individuals.

This cult is still around? What ever happened to that investigation to decide if they get to keep the religion status?

Japanese style watered down human trafficking?

Present LDP Govt themselves is also accomplices of this issue.

Without Abe's murder this or any other investigation into the cult and it's political connections would not have happened.

@Mr Kipling

That's correct !

This CULT should be shut down.

Abe's death showed the country just what a disgusting CULT this is and how politicians are in deep with them!!

*The Japanese government on Monday issued an " administrative guidance " to the Unification Church ???*

The Japanese government on Monday issued an administrative guidance to the Unification Church demanding it comply with the law amid allegations that it has arranged for child adoption between believers' families without authorization.

Which I am sure no one in any important position cared about until the Unification Church became a bit of an embarassment.

ReasonandWisdomNipponToday  07:17 am JST

Only in Japan Korean abuses can go unpunished or light slap on the wrist at best!

Take it up with your local LDP Diet member.

The laws of the land apply only to certain people, and clearly it doesn't apply to these people.

ReasonandWisdomNippon: The writer's wrath is primarily aimed at Korea and not the so-called Unification Church, which he or she incorrectly and prejudicially calls "The Korean Unification Church." That isn't its correct name. Also, the Unification Church is now an international organization. There are a signifiant number of Japanese who have been involved in in the Unification Church and used it to gain wealth and power.

I have no doubt at all they gave the church a very stern look... before asking them to not stop donating to their campaigns.