Political Party Challenges Dissolution Ruling
... The Happiness Realization Party is speaking out because the case could establish a legal precedent allowing the Japanese state to dissolve religious organizations based on civil liability, which religious movements see as a potential…
Message from True Mother from the Detention Center
The Heavenly Parent, who has waited with patience throughout the 6,000 years of human history, is always with us. In the end, the dream of our Heavenly Parent will surely be fulfilled. Therefore, no matter…
Closing an Organization Cannot End Faith
Observers argue that dissolving the religious organization called the Family Federation could create unforeseen problems for the Japanese authorities and easily make the cure more damaging than the diseaseAn Opinion from Segye Times Prepared by…
Politically Driven Dissolution at Any Cost
... The fundamental human rights that Japanese citizens normally enjoy are now at risk of being taken away. I believe the organisation must urgently demand that the government strongly protect and safeguard the human rights…
To Our Beloved Members in Heavenly Japan
... as True Mother's words from prison declare — "Truth will, without fail, be victorious" — and this is eternal truth. We will therefore move forward toward the happy nation of freedom and peace that…
Statement from the World Mission Headquarters
... We remain committed to the vision of “one family of humankind under God,” steadfastly continuing our work in 194 nations to foster harmony within families, to contribute to society and to pursue peace-building efforts.…
Statement in Response to the High Court Decision
... It is profoundly regrettable that, despite the absence of concrete evidence of any violation of statutory law and without due recognition of the efforts made toward reform and improvement, the District Court’s dissolution order…
Japan: Hundreds of Thousands of Unification Church Believers Deprived of Places of Worship
... the Court used tautological and highly fallacious reasoning: dissolution based on public welfare is legitimate, therefore it is legitimate under international human rights law.
If Civil Liability Is Enough, Is Any Faith Safe?
... Beyond institutional and constitutional theory, there is also a human dimension. Tens of thousands of adherents in Japan identify with the Family Federation as their spiritual community. For them, the dissolution of the religious…
Constitution: Dissolution Requires Public Trial
... Just as with the Tokyo District Court’s decision last March, the biggest problem with the Tokyo High Court’s recent dissolution order against the Family Federation is that it was issued without granting the right…