A journalist describes years of abductions, confinement, coerced renunciations, and litigation that shaped public hostility toward the Unification Church.
Masumi Fukuda
After the Unification Church’s Dissolution in Japan. 2. In the Aftermath of the Abe Assassination
A journalist traces the chain of events that turned a single crime into a nationwide campaign against an innocent religious minority.
After the Unification Church’s Dissolution in Japan. 1. Dissolved Without Having Committed Crimes
A bestselling author explains why her investigation reveals a profound crisis for religious liberty and constitutional guarantees in contemporary Japan.
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 4. Deprogrammed, Then Compelled to Sue
More than half of those who sued the church had been kidnapped, deprogrammed, and then asked to sue to prove they had been really “de-converted.”
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 3. Current Believers Tell Their Donation Stories
The dissolution procedure relies on hostile ex-members. The voice of current devotees is also important to understand why believers donated to the church.
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 2. Myth and Reality of the “Spiritual Sales”
Many of those who purchased high-priced “spiritual” artifacts from UC members are still happy today with their purchases.
Dissolve the Anti-Cult Lawyer Group, Not the Unification Church. 1. Attorneys Against Religious Liberty
The National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales specializes in fabricating false “victims.” A series by an award-winning journalist from “Hanada” magazine, February 2024.
The Plot to Destroy the Unification Church in Japan. 4. The Real “Anti-Social” Group, the Anti-Cult Lawyers
The systematic lies and disreputable tactics of the lawyers who try to destroy the Unification Church/Family Federation in Japan.
The Plot to Destroy the Unification Church in Japan. 3. Fraudulent Lawsuits
Several lawsuits promoted by the National Network of Lawyers were based on clearly fraudulent claims. Courts were biased, and they won some—but lost others.
The Plot to Destroy the Unification Church in Japan. 2. The Devious Tactics of the Anti-Cult Lawyers
The unethical strategies of the National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales created abusive lawsuits to harass and destroy the Unification Church.
Masumi Fukuda
Masumi Fukuda was born in Yokohama in 1956. She graduated from the Department of Sociology of Rikkyo University. After working for a specialty magazine and a magazine production company, she became a freelance journalist. She has reported and written about crime, Russia, and other topics. Her books include “Stalin: A Portrait of His Family” (Bungei Shunju), “Russia, an Assassination State: In Search of a Missing Journalist” (Shinchosha), “The True Nature of Political Correctness” (Hojosha), and others. In 2007, she won the 6th Shincho DocumentaryAward for “Fabrication: The Truth About the ‘Murder Teacher’ in Fukuoka” (Shinchosha).