Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... When former Prime Minister Abe was shot while campaigning for the Upper House election, politicians and the media swiftly condemned the act as “a grave challenge to democracy.” However, following his assassination, media coverage…
... The Abe incident was twisted into a problem with the Family Federation. Worse, society has created an atmosphere that not only fails to condemn the violence but even sympathizes with the perpetrator. A society…
... Satoshi Hamada (浜田聡), a member of the House of Councillors from the NHK Party and the first lawmaker to join such a rally, emphasized that freedom of religion is a key principle of his…
... To active believers, the church is more than just a building. It’s a place that replenishes their spiritual energy. If churches disappear, believers will be left adrift. We want people to understand that we…
... To build the new church, the Isehara Church formed a “Dedication Committee” in March 2023. After each Sunday service, committee meetings were held where 24 representatives of the congregation discussed details like the renovations…
... Even if the Suginami Church disappears, the relationships among believers will remain,” but she also appealed that, “There must never come a time when we have no place or environment to connect through our…
... Even if the building is in the name of the corporation and legally belongs to headquarters, for us on the ground, this is our church. Taking away a church we built with donations given…
... The views of a prominent constitutional scholar carry significant weight. While the Family Federation is prioritizing the correction of the District Court’s errors, it said it is provisionally asserting the unconstitutionality of the non-contentious…
... When many people later realized the whole thing was fabricated, I asked a Nishinippon Shimbun reporter why they had believed the teacher was guilty. They said it was because the Board of Education had…
... Deprogramming, involving abduction, confinement, and forced renunciation of faith, mainly targeting believers of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, does not end even after the believers declare they have abandoned their faith.