re: #165 Barefoot Grin

It’s interesting that the LDP’s major coalition partner is Komeito, which was founded in the 1960s by members of the Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. Komeito (or New Komeito, I guess) claims that it hasn’t had any formal relations with Soka Gakkai since the early ’70s, but analysts note that Soka Gakkai forms its major constituency and thus continues to be an arm of the religious organization. Anyway, in those terms SG’s influence over even LDP politics is far greater than UC (no trying to downplay the influence of UC).

Right…there’s a lot of “what about Komeito?” going on right now, but I think the Japanese press can only handle one cult at a time, kind of like the US press and political issues.