A Letter to Beloved Members Around the World
The deeper sorrow lies in the reality that, despite being True Parents, the world still does not fully know or recognize them for who they are. For the standing of True Parents is not something…
The Hidden Story Japan Doesn’t Want You to Hear
My responsibility is to uncover facts. Whether those facts are popular or unpopular should not matter. Journalism exists to pursue the truth. If the media reports only one side of a story while ignoring evidence…
Global Anti-Cultism and the Return of “Brainwashing” Theories
Coercive control, spiritual abuse, and trafficking law have each become vehicles for the reintroduction of models that courts and scholars rejected decades ago. The dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, the prosecutions in Argentina,…
South Korea’s Minister of Justice Promises “Strict Punishment” of “False Prophets”
... A Minister of Justice should guarantee impartiality. He should not prejudge an ongoing investigation. Declaring that “strict punishment is inevitable” before a trial has taken place undermines the credibility of the justice system.
What crime did the religious organization commit?
Apparently, collecting donations to help people in other countries is considered a serious crime, and the Japanese must be particularly helpless and gullible for the State to have to protect them—against their will—from the risk…
Japan: Only Freedom to Believe, Not to Practice
Under the guise of a "dissolution order," the state claims to preserve the inward, private right to believe. Yet, by locking the doors to places of worship and barring communities from public facilities, the reality…
Fact-Checker Kato Reads the Unification Church Case in Japan
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…
Japan’s Supreme Court Confirms the Dissolution of the Unification Church
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…
Burden of Successor: Founders and Their Heirs
... 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…
Paper Reveals Hidden Story Behind Dissolution
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…