US Religious Advisor Rebuts Dissolution Request

Japanese lawmaker submits written enquiry to governing party about US religious advisor and US and UN religious freedom bodies opposing state persecution of religious minority the Family Federation

Tokyo, 11th February 2025 – Published as an article in the Japanese newspaper Sekai Nippo. Republished with permission. Translated from Japanese. Original article. 

U.S. Religious Advisor Opposes Dissolution Request

Senator Satoshi Hamada Submits Inquiry

by the editorial department of Sekai Nippo

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Concerns over violations of religious freedom

On the issue of the request for a court order to dissolve the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church), NHK Party lawmaker Satoshi Hamada (浜田聡) submitted a written inquiry on 7^th February 2025. The inquiry concerns opposition expressed by Pastor Paula White, a religious advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, citing reports from the U.S. State Department and the United Nations.

On 8^th December last year, White sent a video message to a conference of the Japanese Committee of the International Coalition for Religious Freedom (ICRF). In her message, she stated that the issue of religious freedom in Japan has “raised serious concerns worldwide” and called for the protection of religious freedom for all individuals.

Hamada’s inquiry references the U.S. State Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom, which, in its 2022 and 2023 reports, “expressed serious doubts about Japan, and that it is violating religious freedom”. The enquiry from Hamada also cites White’s statement that “the Japanese government’s request to dissolve the Family Federation, despite the organization not violating criminal law, deviates from established norms.” Additionally, a U.N. report from April 2024 states that the Family Federation “has become a victim of intolerance, discrimination, and persecution campaigns in Japan.”

The inquiry seeks the government’s response on the following points:

1. Whether the government has reviewed the reports from the U.S. Office of International Religious Freedom.
2. Whether the dissolution request violates constitutional protections for religious freedom.
3. Whether the government acknowledges that it has not accepted a request from a U.N. rapporteur to visit Japan to investigate potential violations of religious freedom against minority religions.

On 10^th February, Hamada posted on X (formerly Twitter) that he is considering submitting an opinion statement to the U.S. Office of International Religious Freedom regarding what he describes as biased reporting by Japan’s old media against the Family Federation.

Meanwhile, Paula White is set to assume leadership of the faith-based office established by Trump at the White House.

Featured image above: Paula White in a video message 8th December 2024 to a conference in Tokyo organized by Japanese Committee of the International Coalition for Religious Freedom (ICRF). Photo: Screenshot from live transmission.

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