Data Reveals Progress of Moscow Patriarchate Churches Switching to Orthodox Church of Ukraine
kyivpost.com/post/25983
Quick Glance: Daisaku Ikeda, Longtime Soka Gakkai Buddhist Leader, Passes Away at 95
- Daisaku Ikeda, the long-time spiritual leader of the Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist organization, has passed away at the age of 95.
- He founded the precursor to Japan's Komeito political party, the current government's junior coalition partner, in 1964.
- Founded in 1930, Soka Gakkai claims to have 12 million members in 192 countries and territories worldwide.
- Well-known Soka Gakkai adherents include British actor Orlando Bloom, jazz musicians Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, and Italian football player Roberto Baggio.
Japan decides to strip Unification Church's religious corporation status: The Japanese government decided Thursday to seek a court order to strip the ...
japantoday.com/category/national/Japan-decides-to-strip-Unification-Church&
Quick Glance: Japanese government to dissolve Unification Church
- Investigation after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reveals connections between elected members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the church.
- Prime Minister Fumio Kishida makes this decision following an investigation launched after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2012-2020) in July 2022.
- Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Masahito Moriyama justifies the request for dissolution by accusing the church of coercing its followers to 'make donations and purchase goods under conditions that prevented them from making normal decisions, thereby inflicting substantial damage and disturbing peace and tranquillity in life.'
- The South Korea-based church, founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon (1920-2012) with an estimated 600,000 members in Japan, laments on its website 'a significant decision made based on biased information.'
Dead Women Found in Trunk in Gwinnet County, Georgia Was Member of ‘Religious Organization’
thedailybeast.com/dead-women-found-in-trunk-in-gwinnet-county-georgia-was-member-of-religious-organization
Japan Aims to Dissolve Unification Church with Request to Court as Early as October; Investigation Suggests Criteria Met to Prove Religious Group Violated Law
japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/politics-government/20230914-136513/
Sucuri WebSite Firewall - Access Denied: 403: 641184eb33592
guyanachronicle.com/2023/03/15/despite-mounting-condemnation-pncr-afc-still-mum-on-wpas-inflammatory-remarks/
Kishida shaken as list of lawmakers linked to Unification Church grows to 20: At least 20 Japanese lawmakers appointed as deputies for cabinet members confirmed ...
japantoday.com/category/politics/pm-shaken-as-list-of-lawmakers-linked-to-unification-church-grows
New to NewsWall?
Sign up now to get your own personalized news!
Trending topics