Empowering the Heavenly Parent Holy Community
... 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.
... Journalist Masumi Fukuda (福田ますみ), who gave a speech at the conference, stressed, ‘To protect the Family Federation‘s freedom of religion, it is crucial to raise our voices specifically and hold demonstrations in a way that…
... Nakayama called for international attention and support to safeguard religious freedom in Japan. Despite intense political pressure, he stressed the importance of upholding justice and preventing the unjust dissolution of the FFWPU based on…
... Lawyers, communist sympathisers, professional faith-breakers, and even Christian pastors began illegally abducting and coercing our members to abandon their faith in our church. To date, there have been more than 4,300 victims of this criminal activity. Yes, it…
... The Unification Church has committed no crimes. Since its compliance in 2009, there have been almost no new civil trials against the Unification Church in Japan. This leads me to wonder why the Japanese government is trying to dissolve the Unification Church.…
... In the year 2000, speaking at the United Nations, Father Moon proposed the creation of an upper house at the UN composed of religious and spiritual, and even cultural leaders. With considerable foresight, he…
... This is the first time this has happened in Japan under its postwar constitution, a country where democracy has taken root, and which has become an advanced nation. This development could potentially affect many other minority religions…