New health ministry guidelines in Japan will consider as abuse any acts by members of religious groups who menace or coerce their children to engage in religious activities, or that obstruct a child’s career path using religious doctrine. Based on unnamed sources quoted by Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun, the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry is working on its first draft of guidelines for local governments to tackle cases of child abuse linked to religious groups such as the Unification Church, officially known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
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