(Fact Check) False: that Okinawa Governor Tamaki “attended a Unification Church Assembly''; a photo from a Mindan ceremony “was arbitrarily used”. (30jy22)


Splendor of Okinawa: Canna, roadside Uruma, 28jy22


Relationships between politicians and the religious organization Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church, a.k.a. Moonies) has become a political hot potato. A post with a photo purporting to show Governor Denny Tamaki “participating in a Unification Church assembly” is trending on the SMS site Twitter.


But it is a fake.


The photo is not even of a Family Federation assembly. Moreover, at a press conference on 28 July, Governor Tamaki reiterated that he had no connection whatsoever to the group.


The Twitter post offered up a titled cut of the “Naha Family Church” site of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification combined with a frame of Governor Tamaki on a stage speaking  while grasping a mike. The posts then made comments such as, “Participation in a Unification Church Assembly!” or “How is Denny Tamaki going to explain giving a speech for the Unification Church?”, while purporting that Denny Tamaki was present at a “Unification Church Assembly.”


However, the banner in the photo shows “Mindan.”


Mindan is the Korean ethnic people’s association recognized by the Korean Government, the “Mindan Okinawa Prefectural Regional Headquarters.” Mindan Okinawa told this paper, “Our photo was used arbitrarily. We will protest. Mindan has no connection whatsoever to the Naha Family Church!”


　At a press conference on 28 July, Governor Tamaki responded to this paper's questions. He stated, “That photo was from when I was present and gave a congratulatory speech, in my official capacity, in my greeting for the Mindan 50th Anniversary Celebration. It had no relation whatsoever to the Unification group, nor do I have any connection to it.”


Original Japanese article: Ryukyu Shimpo, published Friday 29 July 2022 at 10:48. Byline: Takumi Takimoto

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/cb6f7578c156b588f643f72ffab524ebad718cf9


Denny in the News: news about Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 

  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. 

  2. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.

  3. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be gratefully appreciated. 

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