Regarding the issue of the former Unification Church, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Nagaoka has decided to announce that he will exercise his "right to ask questions" tomorrow.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology held an expert meeting on the 8th in exercising the "right to ask questions" based on the Religious Corporations Law, and targeted cases such as cases where people who belong to religious corporations repeatedly violated the law and cases where damage was serious. I have decided on a standard.
And based on the criteria, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology examined the specific facts about the former Unification Church, determined that it was possible to exercise the "right to ask questions," and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Nagaoka announced that he would exercise it on the 11th. became.
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology plans to quickly put together a proposal for questions to the church and the reasons for the questions, and to exercise the right to ask questions after consulting with the Religious Corporations Council by the end of this month.
If we find out facts that could be subject to a dissolution order, we will consider requesting a dissolution order to the district court even in the middle of the investigation.
This is the first time that the "right to ask questions" has been exercised since the revision of the law in 1996.