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日本テレビの「News Zero」で報道された内容を文字起こしした記事。
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This article is a transcript of a report on NTV's "News Zero".
Ms. Miyuki Takahashi (@takahashi_miy) herself herself also makes an appearance.
I am told that the petition on the issue of religious 2nd generation abuse that appears in the article is being prepared in English as well. We will update when we have more information.
Second-generation "Unification Church" members "Greatest taboo" and "fasting for 3 days" Sign the petition to spread awareness of "religious abuse": "Please help second-generation religious members"!
Ms. Miyuki Takahashi (pseudonym, in her 20s), whose parents are members of the Unification Church, was forbidden to have love relationship outside the Church and experienced fasting. On the other hand, just before the Upper House election, we found out that a group friendly to the Unification church had surveyed prospective candidates to see if they wanted to support them in the election.
■Second-generation members of the church "have been under great restrictions".
On the evening of January 16, we interviewed Ms. Takahashi, whose parents are members of the so-called "Unification Church".
"When I was born, my parents had already made a large donation, so I have lived in poverty ever since I was born," she said. "I was forced to live a life of faith even though I did not want to, and I was not allowed to have Love Relationship with the partner of your choice".
One of the things I was not allowed to do was to fall in love.
"Love relationship with the partner of your choice is the greatest taboo, and that must not be violated. We are taught that if you do it, what happens is that you basically go to hell.
There was a time when I had a partner with whom I was able to have a relationship, but my parents found out and forced me to break it off. That was a very painful experience for me."
"I also experienced fasting. In the Unification Church, we are given the ordeal of fasting," Ms. Takahashi recalls, "such as a three-day fast, and every once in a while we were told to skip meals for a few days to make up for our sins..."
■ Ms. Takahashi is sending out a message on the issue of the second-generation religious community....40,000 signatures were collected.
Ms. Takahashi took action to raise awareness of the problems of the "Unification Church" and other second-generation religious groups and to resolve them.
"Please help the second-generation religious people. I'm collecting signatures to demand religious freedom for the second-generation religious people," she said.
We have collected about 40,000 signatures in the past month.
Ms. Takahashi, "We want to ask that the concept of "religious abuse" be added to the definition of abuse. The purpose of this petition is to let the general public know that there are many problems of child abuse by religious organizations in the world today."
"I really don't think anyone around me can talk to me about the problem of religious abuse. I really suffer from the thought, 'Will they be prejudiced?'"
After stating that this is a problem that second-generation religious children cannot solve, Takahashi said, "With these signatures, I am thinking of making a broad appeal to the actual politicians and others to help us solve the problem".
■At a meeting attended by the Vice Minister... "Questionnaire
Meanwhile, one after another, the relationship between politicians and the cult has come to light.
Vice Minister of Environment, Ms. Miki Yamada stated at a press conference on June 15, "I attended only the beginning of the general meeting of the Japan-United Parliamentarians for World Peace held on June 13 of this year".
The meeting that Ms. Yamada attended was a meeting in which people affiliated with the Church serve as advisors. Last June, many LDP officials were present.
NTV obtained documents from a meeting held in June of this year, just before the House of Councillors election, which Vice Minister of the Environment Yamada attended.
In the meeting materials, there was a questionnaire asking if any member of the House of Councillors wished to receive support from organizations friendly to the Unification Church in the upcoming election for the House of Councillors.
Were there any councilors who requested their own support in the election and were elected?
Vice Minister Yamada stated, "I will not have any relationship with the organization in question in the future".
(From "news zero" on August 16)
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