More than 200 lawyers from across Japan have formed a new group to support those who say they have suffered damage from the former Unification Church.
The religious body is accused of soliciting large donations from followers and conducting dubious marketing practices known as spiritual sales.
Honda will officially unveil the new eleventh generation Civic in prototype form on November 17.
The new leader of Japan's main ruling Liberal Democratic Party, Suga Yoshihide, is set to be elected as prime minister in the Diet on Wednesday.
The vote among lawmakers is virtually assured to name Suga as the successor to Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, since an LDP-led coalition controls both houses.
Japanese and US museums linked by the kamikaze attacks of World War Two have formed a sister partnership 75 years after the end of the war.
The Chiran Peace Museum in Japan and the Battleship Missouri Memorial held a virtual signing ceremony on Saturday, the day Japan commemorates the end of the war.