Newly appointed Justice Minister Hideki Makihara, who has admitted to attending dozens of Unification Church occasions up to now, reaffirmed Friday that he has reduce all ties with the spiritual group.
The 53-year-old minister admitted Tuesday that he and his secretary had attended occasions associated to the Unification Church a complete of 37 occasions, however didn’t report them to the ruling Liberal Democratic Occasion’s inside survey in September 2022.
Makihara stated he could not make the preliminary survey deadline to report such encounters because it was tough to find out occasions in his previous schedule have been associated to the Unification Church. He added that he lastly reported them to the get together in February 2023.
