Talk:Freedom of religion in Japan

Cleanup
In addition to basic wikification (e.g. linking "Israeli Embassy" as Israeli embassy to Japan or Israeli embassy in Japan or whatever is appropriate) and grammar (e.g. "the Government" should not be capitalized), the article needs a far better introduction, which introduces the subject and at the very least uses the word "Japan" which, currently, does not appear in the introduction at all. LordAmeth (talk) 13:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

Forced religious conversion
There a number of issues with this section, despite that it only contains only two statements:

"The Unification Church reported some adherents were pressured by family members and professional deprogrammers to leave the church. Also see International child abduction in Japan"

The first sentence criticizes family members from pressuring each other to leave an organization, which is not relevant on a page about national problems. It also mentions "professional deprogrammers" which sounds like some sort of anti-church boogie-men. Furthermore there is no source cited for this statement. I vote that it be removed on the grounds that it is irrelevant and more than likely baseless.

The second sentence is not directly relevant to the issue either. While it is possible that abducted children will be raised with different values than the parent they were abducted from, it is not certain. It is also not a likely reason for child abduction, although I can't support that statement with concrete sources. This sentence could be rephrased as: "There is a possibility that victims of International child abduction in Japan will be raised in a different religious context than the parent they were abducted from." 126.208.100.89 (talk) 13:19, 27 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Added the problem back with the corresponding and reliable source, pointing on national authorities failures. It is no more a "familly matter" which in Japan used to be solved inside the family and authorities do not intervene due to Japanese habits, but it is a national matter reported on the UN ground.--DeeMusil (talk) 17:04, 30 December 2012 (UTC)