Anti-communism leader warns of threat from Chinese communist party (CCP) as Japan has no spy laws and follows communist plan to destroy the Family Federation
Tokyo, 9th June 2025 – Published as an article in the Japanese newspaper Sekai Nippo. Republished with permission. Translated from Japanese. Original article.
Early Enactment of Anti-Spy Law Urged
Speech by President Watanabe of the Federation for Victory over Communism
by the editorial department of the Sekai Nippo
Prepared by Knut Holdhus
Yoshio Watanabe (渡邊芳雄), President of the International Federation for Victory over Communism – an affiliated organization of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church) – gave a speech in Yokohama City on 7th June, calling for the prompt enactment of an anti-espionage law “to protect Japan”. He emphasized that Japan is one of the few countries in the world that has yet to enact such a law, and stressed the importance of cracking down before incidents occur.
Regarding the April statement by the China Anti-Cult Association (中国反邪教協会) – a private organization closely tied to the Chinese Communist Party – that praised the order to dissolve the Family Federation, Watanabe explained, “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 rebellion [should Korea be unified].” [See editor’s note below]
On the recent increase in U.S.-China tensions, Watanabe commented, “Because surpassing the United States is part of China’s dream, a clash between the U.S. and China is ultimately inevitable.”
Featured image above: Yoshio Watanabe (渡邊芳雄), President of the International Federation for Victory over Communism, giving a speech on 7th June 2025 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture. Photo: Yasuhiro Uno (宇野泰弘)
[Editor’s note: Related to this, Michael Pillsbury, author and leading authority on China, told an international conference in South Korea on 17th December 2022 that we clearly can see China exploiting the assassination of Shinzo Abe.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Japanese Communist Party both believe they can use the assassination – and the alleged grievances the assassin has against the Unification Church – to tarnish the church’s reputation, tarnish the legacy of Abe and undermine religious freedom in Japan and other countries. Since 2014, Pillsbury has been the director of the Center on Chinese Strategy at the Hudson Institute, an influential American think tank, in Washington, D.C. and has also been an adviser to almost every American president since Richard Nixon.]