In the proceedings in which the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is requesting administrative penalties for not properly responding to the exercise of the right to question the former Unification Church, the court sent a letter to the religious group asking for its opinion, according to interviews with people involved. Since the deadline for a response is one month, it is expected that the court will make a careful decision after listening to the opinions of the parties.
Last month, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) notified the Tokyo District Court to impose administrative fines on the former Unification Church for exercising its right to question seven times and refusing to answer more than 7 of the more than 500 items requested for reports.
According to the people involved, so far the court has sent a letter to the Order asking for its opinion.
Since the deadline for a response is one month, the cult is likely to argue that exercising the right to ask questions is illegal.
Regarding fines, the court can take "summary procedures" to make a decision without hearing the opinions of the parties, but the court does not take such action and is expected to carefully determine whether it is appropriate to impose a fine after listening to the opinions of the parties.
As for the religious order, the government is in the final stages of requesting a dissolution order from the court, and is considering holding a council of religious corporations as early as the 100th of this month to hear opinions on the request.