In response to the case in which former Prime Minister Abe was shot dead, lawyers consulting with former members of the Unification Church of the World Peace and Unification Church held a press conference and said that the case was not allowed. He appealed for a broader understanding of the tragic damage.
The Foreign Correspondents' Association of Japan held a press conference at the National Network of Lawyers for Inspired Commercial Law.
In this, Yasuo Kawai said that the damage to the former Unification Church, such as the fortune telling fraud, is still ongoing. I would like to point out the tragic damage caused by the Unification Church and the connection with politicians in the wake of the incident, and I would like to prevent that from happening anymore. "
Regarding the fact that the Agency for Cultural Affairs approved the change from the former Unification Church to the current name in 2015, we took the method of "hiding the fact that it is a Unification Church and a religious organization, expanding the doctrine, and making it a believer." However, it was the name change that spurred it. About five months before the name change, we asked the Agency for Cultural Affairs not to approve it, but in the end, we did. " ..
According to the Lawyer Liaison Committee, more than 500 consultations regarding the former Unification Church, such as the Inspirational Commercial Law and the extortion of donations, have been received in the five years up to last year, and the total amount is more than 5.4 billion yen.
On the other hand, the former Unification Church of the "Unification Church of the World Peace" said in a statement so far, "In the past, believers who voluntarily made donations based on pure faith changed their minds and returned. It is true that there are cases where we ask for it. We deal with it in good faith and work toward a solution. "
Regarding the reason for changing the name, "The founder has been thinking about using the current name since the founding of the Unification Church. Criticism as if the name was changed to" avoid criticism of the world " Is just an unfounded and irrelevant speculation, a prejudice. "