IIRC, Soka Gokkai (sp?) is viewed askance by most Japanese. I could be wrong, but I thought they had a deal like the scientologists or something. UFO's maybe?
You are correct. There is actually a poster on FR who used to be in the leadership of Soka Gokkai, and could explain very well why the movement is a sham (and very poor Buddhism, BTW). Unfortunately, I have forgotten the name.