Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... could lead to the breakdown of families and promote discrimination against believers and staff. “Did the judges consider these consequences? This is an absolutely outrageous verdict,” he said. He further warned, “Very few religious…
... A Tokyo court has approved the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Japan (FFWPU Japan), marking the first time in Japan’s postwar history that a peaceful religious organization has…
... For the first time in Japan’s postwar history, a peaceful religious organization is being dismantled by the state without a single criminal conviction. The court’s decision does not mark justice—it marks a turning point…
... The March 25 decision by the Tokyo District Court to grant the government's request for a dissolution order against the Family Federation of Japan is an embarrassment for Japan and a troubling setback for…
... an incident occurred in Hiroshima where a couple in their 40s, members of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church), were forcibly detained by their relatives and confined in…
... Goto published an autobiography detailing his experiences and appealed to the audience, “Was it the religious organization that changed my once close and ordinary family, or was it the influence of a third party?…
... A male believer in his 20s, affiliated with a place of worship in Tokyo, stated that he had chosen the faith of his own free will. He acknowledged that “the Family Federation is viewed…
... Attorney Tokunaga expressed confidence in overturning the previous ruling, stating that the label of the former Unification Church as an “anti-social organization” is being dismantled. The court’s decision is scheduled for 12th May.
... If this dissolution request is accepted, then in the future, other religious organizations like ours could also face dissolution requests based on similarly flawed reasoning, leaving us unable to defend ourselves.
... On March 13th, the Family Federation released a statement regarding its “complete victory in the donation-related lawsuit at the Sapporo High Court,” emphasizing that the district court had already “entirely rejected” claims based on…