Where will believers find refuge? Part 3
... To build the new church, the Isehara Church formed a “Dedication Committee” in March 2023. After each Sunday service, committee meetings were held where 24 representatives of the congregation discussed details like the renovations…
Where will believers find refuge? Part 2
... Even if the Suginami Church disappears, the relationships among believers will remain,” but she also appealed that, “There must never come a time when we have no place or environment to connect through our…
Where will believers find refuge? Part 1
... Even if the building is in the name of the corporation and legally belongs to headquarters, for us on the ground, this is our church. Taking away a church we built with donations given…
Unconstitutional: Civil Code Use for Dissolution
... The views of a prominent constitutional scholar carry significant weight. While the Family Federation is prioritizing the correction of the District Court’s errors, it said it is provisionally asserting the unconstitutionality of the non-contentious…
Media as First Power and Today’s Witch Hunts
... When many people later realized the whole thing was fabricated, I asked a Nishinippon Shimbun reporter why they had believed the teacher was guilty. They said it was because the Board of Education had…
Evil: Deprogramming Destroys Families and Minds
... Deprogramming, involving abduction, confinement, and forced renunciation of faith, mainly targeting believers of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, does not end even after the believers declare they have abandoned their faith.
Gross State Violations of Freedom of Conscience
... individuals involved should be held socially, morally, and criminally responsible. However, he warns that “mocking not only the individuals who caused problems, but also all believers and even the belief system itself” must not…
Japan: Deprogrammed Believers Sent to Infiltrate
... Starting in 1998, new believers – those who had only just joined – began being abducted and confined in rapid succession. Over a period of less than two years, at least 18 individuals were…
Decades-Old Civil Harm Claims and Fabrications
... The court relied only on deprogrammed apostates for facts dating back from 20 to 40 years before. In violation of international law, the court found what they according to social norms considered to be…
Lone-Wolf Theory Disputed in Abe Assassination
... Yamagami was arrested and indicted after he attacked and killed Abe with a homemade gun during a campaign speech on July 8, 2022. Ahead of the citizen jury trial, there have been seven rounds…