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In November 2020, during the Suga administration, observers published a summary of the number of cult members in the Suga cabinet, and compared them to the numbers for the Abe cabinet (in parentheses, below): Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership: 16 people (15 people) Nippon Kaigi: 13 people (14 people) Unification Church: 9 people (11 people) Fujisan Shrine: 5 people (4 people) Reiyukai: 4 people (4 people) Integrative medicine: 2 people (2 people) Parenthood: 2 people (2 people) Happy Science: 1 person (1 person) Church of World Messianity: 1 person (1 person) Soka Gakkai: 1 person (1 person) Worldmate: 1 person (1 person) EM Bacteria: 2 people (1 person) The overall numbers for the LDP executives (other than the ministers) are similar: Shinto Association of Spiritual Leadership: 50 people (40 people) Nippon Kaigi: 38 people (34 people) Unification Church: 15 people (19 people) Fujisan Shrine: 12 people (12 people) Soka Gakkai: 7 people (4 people) Worldmate: 6 people (2 people) Reiyukai: 6 people (5 people) Integrative medicine: 5 people (4 people) EM Bacteria: 5 people (2 people) Parenthood: 3 people (3 people) Happy Science: 2 people (4 people) Spiritual Parliamentary League: 1 person (2 people) Church of World Messianity: 1 person (1 person) Others 1: 3 people (5 people) Others 2: 1 person (1 person) Others 3: 1 person (1 person) It is fair to assume that the numbers for the Kishida cabinet are roughly the same. Source: “Nine Unification Church ministers. ‘New religions, Spirituality, Pseudoscience’ relations of the Suga administration, which are the same as those of the Abe administration“. The general problems with the mainstream media reportage are explored in the two following Twitter threads, both of which are helpful for understanding the opacity of public discourse about Japanese politics:
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