THE SÔKA GAKKAI AND THE KÔMEITÔ

One of the constant preoccupations of this Embassy during the past several years has been the growth and potential of the Buddhist organization known as the Sôka Gakkai (Value-adding Society) and its political arm, the Kômeitô (Clean Government Party). During the past months there have been developm...

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1. Verfasser:	JOHN PILCHER
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Behavioral sciences Buddhism Comparative politics Constituents Democracy East Asian politics Economic disciplines Economics Employment Government Group identity Labor economics National identity Nationalism Occupations Political candidates Political organizations Political parties Political power Political regimes Political science Political sociology Political systems Politicians Politics Psychology Religion Representative democracy Social psychology Spiritual belief systems
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Zusammenfassung:	One of the constant preoccupations of this Embassy during the past several years has been the growth and potential of the Buddhist organization known as the Sôka Gakkai (Value-adding Society) and its political arm, the Kômeitô (Clean Government Party). During the past months there have been developments which suggest that the analysis of this organization in earlier despatches from this mission, should now be brought up to date. I therefore to submit a further brief account of the place of Sôka Gakkai, both within Japan and within the Buddhist faith, and of certain disturbing vistas now opened up. My account