Outrageous Verdict Allows State Persecution
... could lead to the breakdown of families and promote discrimination against believers and staff. “Did the judges consider these consequences? This is an absolutely outrageous verdict,” he said. He further warned, “Very few religious…
Central America: CIG Youth Assembly 2025
... I committed myself to be better than I was yesterday and to love and serve my neighbors more. I am determined to become a young man capable of establishing peace and a world under…
Japanese Court Dissolves Religious Organization Without Criminal Charges
... A Tokyo court has approved the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Japan (FFWPU Japan), marking the first time in Japan’s postwar history that a peaceful religious organization has…
FFWPU USA Statement on the Japanese Court Ruling to Dissolve FFWPU Japan
... For the first time in Japan’s postwar history, a peaceful religious organization is being dismantled by the state without a single criminal conviction. The court’s decision does not mark justice—it marks a turning point…
EUME Statement On The FFWPU Dissolution Order In Japan
... The March 25 decision by the Tokyo District Court to grant the government's request for a dissolution order against the Family Federation of Japan is an embarrassment for Japan and a troubling setback for…
Couple Abducted by Family! Held Captive 5 Days
... an incident occurred in Hiroshima where a couple in their 40s, members of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church), were forcibly detained by their relatives and confined in…
Negative Impact of Faith-Breaking on Families
... Goto published an autobiography detailing his experiences and appealed to the audience, “Was it the religious organization that changed my once close and ordinary family, or was it the influence of a third party?…
Outrage in Tokyo: Dissolution Move Denounced
... A male believer in his 20s, affiliated with a place of worship in Tokyo, stated that he had chosen the faith of his own free will. He acknowledged that “the Family Federation is viewed…
May Verdict in Appeal Case Against City Council
... Attorney Tokunaga expressed confidence in overturning the previous ruling, stating that the label of the former Unification Church as an “anti-social organization” is being dismantled. The court’s decision is scheduled for 12th May.
Zen Head: “FFWPU Case A Warning to All Religions”
... If this dissolution request is accepted, then in the future, other religious organizations like ours could also face dissolution requests based on similarly flawed reasoning, leaving us unable to defend ourselves.