THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
August 20, 2022 at 18:08 JST
Upper House member Yoshifumi Miyajima, far right, meets with executives of an organization affiliated with the Unification Church at a gathering in the Diet in June. (Provided by a source)
Yoshifumi Miyajima knows full well he would never have won a seat in the 2016 Upper House election without organizational support from a group associated with the Unification Church, which he felt placed him under some obligation to repay the debt in small ways. [Read More]
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