The Tokyo High Court is scheduled to announce its decision regarding the dissolution order requested by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology against the former Unification Church, also known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. This decision follows a year-long closed hearing where the court evaluated substantial claims of harm caused by the church’s solicitation of high donations, leading to the initial ruling by the Tokyo District Court last year. The district court deemed the situation as inappropriate for the religious organization to continue enjoying tax benefits while significant harm remained unresolved.

Central to the ongoing legal dispute is an evaluation of the church's 2009 'Compliance Declaration', which aimed to reform its organizational practices in response to raised concerns about high donations. The district court acknowledged that despite the declaration, considerable amounts of harm continued to occur, indicating that the church had not taken adequate fundamental measures to address these issues. The church contested this assessment, arguing that the claims of damage, based on out-of-court settlements, were inflated and that the court's handling of these cases lacked stringent factual determinations.

As the High Court prepares to make its ruling, should it side with the initial district court's decision, a liquidation process for the church would commence under the Religious Corporations Act, with a court-appointed liquidator managing the organization's assets and compensating victims. Conversely, if the High Court overturns the dissolution order, it is anticipated that the Ministry would appeal to the Supreme Court in response to such a reversal, raising questions about the church's future and the fallout from its compliance history.