Nippon Kaigi (日本会議?, "Japan Conference")[1] is a Japanese nationalist non-political party and State Shinto advocating religious organization that was established in 1997 and has approximately 38,000 members.[1][2][3] The group is influential in the legislative and executive branches of the Japanese government through its affiliates.[2][4] Shinzō Abe, the Prime Minister of Japan, serves as a special advisor to the group's parliamentary league.[1]
The Religious Cult Secretly Running Japan
Nippon Kaigi, a small cult with some of the country’s most powerful people, aims to return Japan to pre-WWII imperial ‘glory.’ Sunday’s elections may further its goal.
In the Land of the Rising Sun, a conservative Shinto cult dating back to the 1970s, which includes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and many of his cabinet among its adherents, finally has been dragged out of the shadows.
The group is called Nippon Kaigi (Japan Conference) and is ostensibly run by Tadae Takubo, a former journalist turned political scientist. It only has 38,000 members, but like many an exclusive club, or sect, it wields tremendous political influence.
Publisher ordered to suspend publication of book on Nippon Kaigi
The court issued an injunction against publication of the book, saying it contains some misinformation and significantly damages his reputation.
In the ruling, Judge Nobuyuki Seki said there was untrue description of the man, who used to be a senior member of a religious group, regarding his missionary work, and the author did not interview the man.
The judge concluded the book cannot be published unless it removes the description, saying the man’s social reputation will worsen to a level that would be difficult to restore if the book continues to be sold as is.
Shinzo Abe is a member of a prominent Japanese political family his grandfather Nobusuke Kishi served as minister of munitions during World War II was arrested and briefly imprisoned, released and went on to become Prime Minister. His views on the Second World War come through his grandfather a man he greatly admired. Like many of his fellow travelers he believes history has distorted Japan's imperialist history starting with the occupation and annexation of Korea, the invasion of Manchuria and the rape of Nanjing to Japan's role in the war. Never mind that many in his party and cabinet believe the rape of Nanjing never took place or that the imperial army never committed war crimes. In 1974 a group of politicians and like minded supporters formed a group whose goal is to restore the dignity of emperor and Japan following the humiliation of its defeat in World War II and the imposition of its pacifist constitution by the United States. That group with 30,000 members is now called Nippon Kaigi.
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