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Japanese PM shakes up cabinet amid anger over Unification church links
Reshuffle comes after murder of Shinzo Abe put spotlight on ruling party’s ties with religious movement
Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida
Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has said he has no connections to the church. Photograph: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/EPA
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Wed 10 Aug 2022 06.17 EDT
Japan’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, has removed ministers associated with the Unification church in a cabinet reshuffle aimed at reviving his fortunes amid a public outcry over his party’s ties to the religious movement.
The reshuffle comes just over a month after the murder of Shinzo Abe by a man who has said he targeted the former prime minister over his links to the church, which he blamed for his family’s financial ruin.
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