The article discusses the findings of an internal survey conducted by the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, which found that around half of the party's lawmakers had dealings with the Unification Church, a controversial religious group believed to be behind the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi told reporters that the party will take the results of the survey seriously and reflect on them, and that lawmakers who do not abide by the party's policy of severing ties with the Unification Church will not be allowed to participate in party activities. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that it is difficult to scrutinize Abe's past relations with the Unification Church, but pledged to implement measures to strengthen internal surveillance on ties between his ruling party and the religious group.