Japan: Religious Freedom
Commons · Question 62044 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Stafford
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Tokyo District Court’s dissolution order against the Unification Church; and what steps he i
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 30 Jun 2025
This is a matter that is subject to ongoing court proceedings. It is therefore reserved for the Government of Japan and institutions of Japan. The UK has always been clear that the right to adopt a religion or belief, practise it without hindrance, and to...