Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... 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…
... Ogasawara expressed outrage, stating, “We have dedicated our lives to this faith. As a believer, it is unbearable to see fabricated evidence used to justify the dissolution order.”
... Tachibana emphasized, “We need to make sure that people who refuse to listen to our opinions will actually hear us out.” ... “The internet exists. If you create videos and invest money, you can…
... Under this rationale, the State would replace the parents in their educational religious choices for their children like in totalitarian States, which infringes Japan’s duty of neutrality in religious matters stemming from its commitment…
... The Family Federation’s second-generation believers active in the church just want to do something useful for their country and society. Japan should not answer by humiliating, discriminating and persecuting these young women and men.