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In reply to the discussion: Controversial religion from Japan finds success in Uganda, infuriating Christian clerics [View all]FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)11. A religion AND political party in one!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happiness_Realization_Party
The Happiness Realization Party (幸福実現党 Kōfuku Jitsugen-tō?), abbreviated as 幸福, is a Japanese political party founded by Ryuho Okawa on 23 May 2009 "in order to offer the Japanese people a third option" for the upcoming elections in August 2009. The HRP is the political wing of the Happy Science religious movement.
Okawa is the current president of the party. One of the stated reasons for establishing The Happiness Realization Party was that neither of the two major parties, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) or the opposing Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), has defined a clear plan to deal with the threats of North Korea from their missile testing or how to lift the country out of an economic recession. Tax reduction is one of the party's stated goals.
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One of their big issues is the fear that North Korea and China will attack Japan with nuclear weapons and enslave the citizens.
The Happiness Realization Party (幸福実現党 Kōfuku Jitsugen-tō?), abbreviated as 幸福, is a Japanese political party founded by Ryuho Okawa on 23 May 2009 "in order to offer the Japanese people a third option" for the upcoming elections in August 2009. The HRP is the political wing of the Happy Science religious movement.
Okawa is the current president of the party. One of the stated reasons for establishing The Happiness Realization Party was that neither of the two major parties, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) or the opposing Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), has defined a clear plan to deal with the threats of North Korea from their missile testing or how to lift the country out of an economic recession. Tax reduction is one of the party's stated goals.
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One of their big issues is the fear that North Korea and China will attack Japan with nuclear weapons and enslave the citizens.
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Controversial religion from Japan finds success in Uganda, infuriating Christian clerics [View all]
Judi Lynn
Jul 2012
OP
I'm a member of Soka Gakkai International, and our leader is not worshipped; rather we are equal...
DesertDiamond
Jul 2012
#5
From the headline, my first thought was "Ugandans are getting State Shinto?" (NT)
Heywood J
Jul 2012
#6
“the truth about life, the world and ourselves.” It doesn't get more subversive than that.
slackmaster
Jul 2012
#16