The Power of Japan’s Religious Party
December 4, 2014
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s victory in the upcoming December 14 general elections is expected. But the extent of the political foothold of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will be dependent once again on the support of the Soka Gakkai, the massive Buddhism-based organization that dominates Japan’s religious landscape.
https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/the-power-japans-religious-party
They caught flak when the released a pamphlet in which they stated that homosexuality was a mental disorder. That was a fairly recent controversy that the guy may have read about.