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Japan revokes legal status of Unification Church

Japan’s government has asked a court to revoke the legal status of the Japan branch of the Unification Church, the controversial group founded in South Korea by the Rev. Sun Myung.

NPR’s Anthony Kuhn reports from Seoul.

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