The late Pastor Kyoko Kawasaki published in 1990 a guide to deprogramming, expressly inciting the use of violence against the believers.
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日本：弁護士、ディプログラミング、そして統一教会の解散請ケース２：小出医師の監禁事例
統一教会からの「脱会」のため、医師が拉致監禁される。
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 3. The Pact with the United Church of Christ of Japan
Secular left-wing anti-cult lawyers cooperated with Protestant ministers who acted as deprogrammers.
日本：弁護士、ディプログラミング、そして統一教会の解散請求
解散請求の根拠となった多くの民事訴訟は、再び監禁されないために教会を訴えるよう強いられた、ディプログラミングの被害者たちによって起こされたものである。
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 2. The Case of Dr. Koide
A medical doctor was kidnapped and confined to “de-convert” him from the Unification Church.
Japan: Lawyers, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church Dissolution Case. 1. Kidnapping Believers
Many civil cases cited in the dissolution decision were initiated by deprogrammed devotees compelled to sue the Church to prevent being confined again.
日本における統一教会事件：反カルト主義者の鈴木エイト氏は言葉の遊びによって救われた
裁判所は、安倍晋三氏がビデオメッセージの報酬として5000万円を密かに受け取ったと彼が主張した際に、証拠がないことを認識していた。にもかかわらず、それは名誉毀損には当たらないと宣言した。
Japan: Unification Church’s President Tanaka Speaks. 2. Deprogramming and Slander
The second part of an interview the leader of the Unification Church in Japan gave to “Seiron” magazine for its June issue.
Japan: Unification Church’s President Tanaka Speaks. 1. The Dissolution Verdict
The June 2025 issue of the magazine “Seiron” allows the church leader to present his version of the facts. “Bitter Winter” publishes an English translation of extensive excerpts from the interview.
Unification Church Case in Japan: Anti-Cultist Eight Suzuki Saved by Technicalities
The court was aware he had no evidence when he claimed that Shinzo Abe was clandestinely paid 50 million yen for a video. Yet, it managed to declare him not guilty of defamation.