Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
The fact that the Tokyo District Court and High Court cited civil lawsuits from forty years ago as grounds for dissolution is an alarming precedent. If the judiciary yields to an abstract social problem created…
The Supreme Court had an opportunity to reaffirm constitutional protections and restore balance to a process marked by irregularities. Instead, it delivered a decision that confirms the path chosen by the government and the lower…
... distinguish between critical examination and mockery, and to remember that behind every religious controversy are real individuals whose identities, values, and sense of purpose are deeply connected to their faith. Whether one agrees with…
Criticizing the Family Federation is a matter of freedom. However, forcing believers to renounce their faith tramples on the constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religion and is absolutely unacceptable. The Family Federation must communicate to the…
... We respectfully urge the United Nations human rights bodies to remind the Japanese authorities of their obligations to protect freedom of religion or belief, freedom of peaceful assembly, and freedom of expression for all…
... school staff is instructed to take action even in the absence of any request from the child or any indication of problems in the child’s family life. They are instructed to look for signs…
The argument that second generation followers “suffer” and need help is a fabrication designed to justify the indoctrination of these children in Japanese public schools.
... since Japanese pastors have stopped practicing deprogramming and the “counseling” of reluctant members has declined, Japanese lawyers are seeking to collaborate with Korean pastors who are actively fighting against heresy and who are known…
The fact that this “harm” was presented by a lawyer from the “National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales,” a group that has vowed to bring about the destruction of the Church, and that this…
The Supreme Court should now move beyond its 1996 Decision, deepen its understanding of the current Constitution—which, unlike the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, expressly guarantees freedom of association—and thereby…