A rapid and thinly reasoned verdict closes the case but leaves profound concerns about neutrality, due process, and the future of religious freedom in Japan.
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How a Narrative Was Built: Fact-Checker Kato Reads the Unification Church Case in Japan
A leading journalist documented, with statistical data, how activists and media fabricated a climate leading to the dissolution of the religious organization.
日本の統一教会：解散後の「粛清」 2. 信者の子どもたちを標的に
新たな措置は、信仰を持つ家庭で育つ未成年者の養育のあり方に焦点を当てており、親の権利や思想的中立性をめぐる深刻な懸念を引き起こしている。
日本の統一教会：解散後の「粛清」 1. 反カルトキャンペーン
法人解散後もなお、弁護士や競合する宗教団体が、いかに信者を標的とした措置を日本に推し進めてきたか。
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 4. School Surveillance and Coercive Counseling
New schoolbased procedures instruct educators to identify and monitor children from Unification Church families, raising concerns about privacy violations.
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 3. The Government’s “Re-Education” Plan
New state policies introduce schoolbased programs designed to reshape the thinking of minors from Unification Church families.
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 2. Targeting Believers’ Children
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge. 2. Targeting Believers’ Children
Unification Church in Japan: After the Dissolution, the Purge — 1. Anti Heresy Campaigns
How lawyers and religious competitors have pushed Japan toward measures that target believers even after the organization’s dissolution.
日本：統一教会の忌避申立ては却下され、“バイアス”は無視される
反統一教会セミナーに参加し彼らの主張に同調した裁判官、引き続き審理に加わる。司法の信頼性に深刻な懸念が高まっている。
Japan: Bias Ignored as Unification Church’s Recusal Motion Is Rejected
A judge who attended an antiUnification-Church seminar and echoed its claims remains on the panel, raising grave concerns about judicial credibility.