Sakie Yokota, 87, is increasingly fearful that time is ticking away, robbing her of the chance to once again see her daughter Megumi, who was abducted in Japan and taken to North Korea at age 13 some 45 years ago.
The Unification Church – a cult linked to the motives of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s alleged assassin – has long wielded influence in Japan’s politics and society. Now it could be dissolved.
Since the former prime minister was fatally shot, his killer’s claims about the influence of “the Moonies” cult group on Japanese politics have been substantiated.
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