Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 6. The Secret Letters
... the anti-cult movement or the deprogrammers themselves communicated the names of believers’ parents, who had never complained of anything, to NNLSS lawyers. The latter compiled lists of believers’ names through the “loyalty test”—a step…
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 5. Testimonies in Court
... Therefore, the leading figure of NNLSS, lawyer Yamaguchi, admitted in Court that the Network had been referring parents of Unification Church believers for years to pastors specialized in the “rescue” from the Unification Church.
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 4. The Deprogrammers’ Manual
... The lawyers of the victimized believers filed the parts of the Guide containing recommendations to parents on “rescue.” In response, the NNLSS lawyers filed the entire book to highlight the remaining parts where the…
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 3. The Pact with the United Church of Christ of Japan
... The “youth return cases” designates a series of court cases brought by the Lawyers’ Network to destroy the Church (per their own statement): they sought compensation for young adults who had joined the Unification…
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 2. The Case of Dr. Koide
... Many of those abducted and confined were not so lucky and had no choice but to recant their faith for good and sue the Church for damages to prove their apostasy, as they would…
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 1. Kidnapping Believers
... The Lawyers’ Network has been using and encouraging these faith-breaking practices for decades by referring parents opposed to their adult children’s faith to deprogrammers and then demanding from the members who finally accepted to…
Warning of Threat from CCP Fearing Korean Unity
... “The religious organization promotes the North-South unification of the Korean Peninsula based on a Christian-like ideology. Therefore, the Chinese Communist Party is wary that the estimated 100 million Christians within China might rise in…
False Claim of Funds to Pyongyang: Press Release
... the 3rd June response included a correction of the amount mentioned, but regardless of the figure, there is absolutely no truth to the claim that our organization or the former world headquarters of the…
Tokyo Protesters Denounce Unjust State Action
... On 8th June 2025, the Tokyo Citizens’ Association for the Protection of Fundamental Human Rights and Freedom of Religion, composed of believers of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification…
Japan: Unification Church’s President Tanaka Speaks
... Most citizens remain entirely unaware of this structure. This “inconvenient truth” has been buried because it undermines the narrative promoted by the NNLSS, which is connected to deprogrammers and has become the primary source…