Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... A certain Council member selected from the religious community revealed to those around him in September of this year, when the investigation by Agency for Cultural Affairs was in its final stages, ‘I still…
... “The biggest issue in requesting a dissolution order against the Family Federation is the lack of fairness. Changing the interpretation and application of the law hastily within a day, and then requesting a dissolution order, is going to…
... it is a complete inconsistency for the Prime Minister to announce the use of the right to question the same religious organization just three days after the Cabinet decided that the organization does not qualify for dissolution.
... Regarding the actual “harm” caused by spiritual sales (霊感商法), which forms the basis of the discussion, the Family Federation claims that since their 2009 compliance declaration, there have been no legal claims seeking damages specifically related to…
... As a national political party, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has been backed by members and supporters from a wide variety of religious and ideological backgrounds. The diversity of those backgrounds has been one of the…
... It has been two years since former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated while on the campaign trail 8th July 2022. The incident triggered increased criticism and attacks on the Family Federation for World Peace and…
... Religious freedom is fundamentally an issue of human rights, established first and foremost alongside freedom of speech, freedom of association, and individual rights. This is being neglected in Japan. Religious freedom is essentially about…
... “If there is anything Unification Church undermines, it is indeed communism. We should see the Japan Communist Party’s attack for exactly what it is, an attempt to undermine and weaken the vital US-Japan alliance…
... The fact that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida deliberately changed the law in order to be able to dissolve the Family Federation, is simply described in the 2023 Report as “a deviation from the norm”.…
... The Family Federation Japan also reported recurring incidents of graffiti with messages like “Traitor cult” and “Cult, get out,” along with nuisance phone calls at churches in various locations across the nation.