Japan's government said an Tuesday it would begin a probe of the Unification Church, starting a process that could strip the religious group of its legal status.
The government will give the church until Dec. 9 to answer questions about its finances and organisation, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Keiko Nagaoka
told a regular news conference, where she announced the decision.
(Reporting by Tim Kelly and Kaori Kaneko; Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
