Spiritual Interview Series

IS THE RAPE OF NANKING A BOOK BASED ON FACTS? China has been rapidly gaining strength in recent years and is about to establish its status as a hegemony. At the same time, the Chinese government is taking the Nanking Massacre up to a whole new level in the international society. In June 2014, the Chinese government filed an application with UNESCO to register the history materials regarding the Nanking Massacre and the comfort women as ́Memories of the World.́ The Rape of Nanking, which came out in 1997, is a book that greatly contributed to creating this trend. Due to the book, the term ́Nanking Massacré has recently resurfaced and spread rapidly throughout the world, starting with the United States. However, The Rape of Nanking has been brought up and argued by many experts as a ludicrous book, from the time it was published. The photos used in the book as records of cruel acts by the Japanese army are all photos that have been taken from elsewhere, completely irrelevant to the Japanese soldiers and Nanking. --Amazon.com

In 2010, a monument was built in the New York City suburb of Palisades Park, New Jersey, dedicated to comfort women--Korean women that South Koreans claim were forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers during World War II. In July 2013, a second memorial was built in Glendale, California. As these monuments indicate, the United States is fully involved in the international controversy over differences in how Japan and Korea perceive the events of World War II.

On August 21, 2013, the Syrian people suffered a chemical-weapons attack, and reports soon spread that the Assad regime was behind the attack. These reports set off a global debate: should the United States, the United Nations, and other world powers launch military strikes on Syria? The United Nations Security Council's inability to resolve the crisis has drawn criticism, with some commentators saying that the U.N. system has been seized by paralysis. The world is currently facing many critical international issues that require resolution through strong leadership dedicated to the preservation of international peace and security. What are U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's true thoughts on these pressing issues? What does he think about the disputes between Japan and South Korea over ownership of the Takeshima Islands, between Japan and China over ownership of the Senkaku Islands, and between Iran and Israel over nuclear weapons capability? Can we depend on him to successfully uphold the principle of impartiality in the United Nations's role of peacemaking? In this spiritual interview with the guardian spirit of Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Master Okawa reveals the U.N. Secretary-General's true character and true intentions regarding his important peacemaking responsibilities. It is Master Okawa's hope that with this information, the world will be able to make better political and economic decisions that will truly contribute to justice and lasting peace.