Unification Church files special appeal to Japan's top court on dissolution

The Unification Church on Monday filed a special appeal with Japan's top court against a high court ruling ordering its dissolution.A liquidator appointed by the Tokyo District Court has already begun the liquidation process to recover losses suffered by victims of the church's unlawful solicitation of donations. However, if the Supreme Court overturns the dissolution ruling, the procedure will halt.On Wednesday, the Tokyo High Court ruled that the damages suffered by victims between March 1973 and June 2016 totaled about 7.4 billion yen ($47 million), and rejected the church's appeal of th…READ FULL ARTICLE