Interview with an International Lawyer
... After five years of litigation, they lost in 2017. That ruling clearly stated that “relief for individual victims is unrelated to the dissolution system.” In fact, one could argue that for the sake of…
Japan: A Second-Generation Member of the Unification Church Speaks Out
... While my parents’ generation found faith after searching for truth and peace amid chaos, my generation was raised to embody those ideals from the beginning. That may not make us perfect, but it makes…
Apartment Prison: Faith-Breaking in Modern Japan
... This is one of the book’s strengths: it is not simply memoir, but also a sociological record of a particular moment in Japanese religious politics, where anti-communist activism, theological disputes, and sensationalist journalism converged…
Churches Urged to Repent for Dissolution Role
... appointed professor at Reitaku University, along with other Christians, agreed that churches should not remain silent about the dissolution order and should apologize for their involvement in abducting and confining Family Federation members in…
Japan: New Book on Legal and Social Attacks
... In Another Tragedy in Japan, James Edgerly provides a powerful, compassionate account of a religious community caught in the crossfire of decades-long ideological warfare, public outrage, and legal overreach. The booklet goes beyond chronicle…
Chinese Communist Party Hails the Dissolution of …
... the CCP, through its loyal anti-cult agency, tells us that the Tokyo verdict applies the same categories used against religion in China, benefits Chinese interests, destroys an anti-communist organization, prepares a broader crackdown on…
Behind the Dissolution of the Unification Church
... These are the plain facts. Readers may decide for themselves whether that Communist agencies and countries worked for the dissolution of the Unification Church because of its promotion of an “anti-Communist ideology” is just…
Dissolve Movement That Helped Protect Japan?
... communism was not an abstract ideological threat – it was a force sweeping through the developing world and influencing Japan’s own leftist student and labor movements. The IFVOC, he argues, stepped in to provide…
356 Experts Urge Fair Trial in Dissolution Case
On 6th August, a group called the “Association of Experts Demanding a Fair and Just Trial”, consisting of lawyers, scholars, writers, and religious figures, held a press conference in Tokyo. They issued a statement calling…
New York Conference Slams Tokyo Court Ruling
... testified about being confined by his parents and relatives, and pressured to renounce his faith by deprogrammers and Christian pastors. He described how he feigned renunciation to escape, but said: “That was the beginning…