Speakers from Tokyo and Kanazawa told how pastors, parents, and leftist lawyers joined forces, and what believers now face after the dissolution order.
CESNUR 2026 Examines the Unification Church Case in Japan
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Politicians were unable or unwilling to resist media pressure. Christians were conditioned by decades of left-wing propaganda.
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A dialogue between two public intellectuals reveals how the dissolution order advanced without resistance from those entrusted with defending religious freedom.