Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, which received donations to the fund over the "Family Federation for World Peace and Unification" former Unification Church, announced that it was confirmed that there were four other cases.
Mayor Suzuki said, "As a public institution, I would like to avoid any involvement in the future."
From 2019 to this year, Hamamatsu City has received donations of more than 480,000 yen to a fund established by the city from the former Unification Church's Hamamatsu Family Church, and the city is targeting all departments. As a result of the investigation, four other involvements were confirmed.
Of these, in 2019, Mayor Yasutomo Suzuki was interviewed by a magazine related to the church about child-related policies and an article was published.
Also, two years ago, the city received a donation of 210 handmade masks from a church-related organization.
In addition, for two years last year and this year, we sponsored a bicycle event called "Peace Road" held by church-affiliated organizations all over the country. It means that it was registered as
According to the city, it was aware that the cleaning volunteers were affiliated with the church.
On the other hand, the other three cases were not recognized as being related to the church.
At a press conference, Mayor Suzuki said, ``The activities of the organization have become a social problem, with some people having a hard time because of their aggressive method of raising funds. I want to do it, ”he said, and indicated his intention to review the relationship with the former Unification Church.