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$70,000. In addition, the Nara District Court recognized that the Unification Church has
been perpetrating unlawful acts as a religious corporate body.
4. Judgment by the Takamatsu District Court, December 3, 1996.
The Unification Church was ordered to pay the plaintiff the sum of $60,000.
5. Judgment by the Sendai District Court, March 23, 1999 Upheld by the Sendai High
Court, January 16, 2001 Finalized by the Supreme Court, June 8,2001
The Sendai District Court, High Court, and Supreme Court all ruled that the Unification
Church is liable for the illegal practice of selling "ginseng extract" to the plaintiffs (three
women). The Unification Church as the defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiffs the sum
of $67,000.
6. Judgment by the Fukuoka District Court, December 16, 1999 Upheld by the Fukuoka
High Court, March 29, 2001 Finalized by the Supreme Court, October 16, 2001
The Fukuoka District Court, High Court, and Supreme Court all ruled that the Unification
Church and its business front company "Happy World" are legally liable for the illegal
practice of selling such items as marble towers, Buddha statues and ginseng extract to the
plaintiffs (two women). The Unification Church was ordered to pay the plaintiffs the sum of
$500,000.
See the English Web site of the National Network of Lawyers Against the Spiritual Sales:
http://www.mesh.ne.jp/reikan/
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Esq. is an attorney with Tokyo Kyodo Law office in Tokyo, Japan.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2003, Volume 2,
Number 1, pages 225-229. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
$70,000. In addition, the Nara District Court recognized that the Unification Church has
been perpetrating unlawful acts as a religious corporate body.
4. Judgment by the Takamatsu District Court, December 3, 1996.
The Unification Church was ordered to pay the plaintiff the sum of $60,000.
5. Judgment by the Sendai District Court, March 23, 1999 Upheld by the Sendai High
Court, January 16, 2001 Finalized by the Supreme Court, June 8,2001
The Sendai District Court, High Court, and Supreme Court all ruled that the Unification
Church is liable for the illegal practice of selling "ginseng extract" to the plaintiffs (three
women). The Unification Church as the defendant was ordered to pay the plaintiffs the sum
of $67,000.
6. Judgment by the Fukuoka District Court, December 16, 1999 Upheld by the Fukuoka
High Court, March 29, 2001 Finalized by the Supreme Court, October 16, 2001
The Fukuoka District Court, High Court, and Supreme Court all ruled that the Unification
Church and its business front company "Happy World" are legally liable for the illegal
practice of selling such items as marble towers, Buddha statues and ginseng extract to the
plaintiffs (two women). The Unification Church was ordered to pay the plaintiffs the sum of
$500,000.
See the English Web site of the National Network of Lawyers Against the Spiritual Sales:
http://www.mesh.ne.jp/reikan/
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Esq. is an attorney with Tokyo Kyodo Law office in Tokyo, Japan.
This article is an electronic version of an article originally published in Cultic Studies Review, 2003, Volume 2,
Number 1, pages 225-229. Please keep in mind that the pagination of this electronic reprint differs from that of the
bound volume. This fact could affect how you enter bibliographic information in papers that you may write.
