OPEN LETTER TO JAPAN:
A Personal Plea to Japan’s Prime Minister
By Demian Dunkley
President, Family Federation for World Peace and Unification USA
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi,
I write to you as a faith leader who is deeply connected to Japan. The recent decision to uphold the dissolution order of the Family Federation has been so painful to our global faith family.
For many, this may appear to be a policy matter. For us, it is deeply personal. It affects real families, real communities, and people who have spent their lives trying to live for the sake of others.
For decades, Japanese members of our movement have quietly served around the world—with humility, discipline, and deep love. They have contributed to peacebuilding, humanitarian work, and the strengthening of families across cultures.
Prime Minister, these Japanese men and women have helped Japan shine globally.
I have worked alongside them. I have seen their sincerity. These are not people who weaken society—they are people who strive to uplift it.
Today, our church is asking for help.
Not for privilege, but for fairness. Not for exemption, but for understanding.
At stake is something fundamental: the freedom to believe and to practice one’s faith without fear of being dismantled.
In recent years, religious organizations around the world have increasingly faced dissolution. This moment extends beyond our own community and raises broader questions about how religious freedom is protected.
For many of our members, the impact has already been deeply felt. Decades of personal sacrifice and care were suddenly swept away when hundreds of churches and offices were closed in a single day.
Japan has long been respected as a nation that upholds dignity, stability, and human rights. The world is watching.
The decisions made now will shape not only Japan’s future, but its moral leadership on the global stage.
I ask you to consider the human side of this decision—the parents, the children, the grandparents.
Families like mine.
Families like those across Japan.
Respectfully,
Rev. Demian Dunkley
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