Hak Ja Han
October 16, 2013
On Septembers 12, at 2 p.m. by the Heavenly calendar(October 16 by the Gregorian calendar) around 20,000 Japanese people including Japanese congressmen, peace ambassadors and church members gathered in Saitama’s Super Arena for the rally honoring the 55th Anniversary of the arrival of Unificationist Missionaries to Japan, and the 54th anniversary of the inauguration of HSA-UWC-Japan.
Before True Mother’s speech, a video introduced True Parent’s humanitarian works and the vision for the unification of the religions of the world in Japan.
True Mother was welcomed to the podium by Mr. Eigi Tokuno, president of the FFWPU-Japan to give a speech to about 20,000 Unificationist braved typhoon to attend.
In her address True Mother said: “Geopolitically Japan and Korea should become one. If Japan covers up its history, it can’t see the truth and will not have any friends. Japan should be reborn for the sake of world peace. ”
True Mother explained that great nations and even empires rise or fall according to the measure of their responsiveness to the will of Heaven. She gave as examples the one-time global influence of Rome and Great Britain and the current power of the United States.
True Mother went on to say, “For the nations that receive God’s blessing, it comes with a responsibility. If they don’t fulfill their responsibility, we know from the study of history what kind of result it will bring. She also said, “Japan received the blessing of becoming the Mother nation and shouldn’t hold such a blessing only for herself without sharing. Japan must share it with the world completing her mission of embracing all the countries as the Mother nation. Japan must guide people of the world to True Parents.” True Mother emphasized Japan’s responsibility and role as one of the most developed countries in the world.
She then suggested goals that Japan’s church should pursue until the year 2020, the 100th anniversary of Father’s birth. She also emphasized the importance of inheriting True Parents’ tradition and will. FFWPUJapan leaders have said that they plan to put all of their efforts into pursuing Vision 2020.
True Mother plans to tour Sapporo on 14th, Saitama City on 16th, Nagoya on 18th, Nagano-shin’etsu on 20th, and Kobe on 22nd.