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The Religious Cult Secretly Running Japan

Caveat Emperor

Nippon Kaigi, a small cult with some of the country’s most powerful people, aims to return Japan to pre-WWII imperial ‘glory.’ Sunday’s elections may further its goal.

Jake Adelstein
Mari Yamamoto
articles/2016/07/10/does-this-religious-cult-run-japan/160709-adelstein-religious-cult-run_japan-tease_zabhim
Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero/ The Daily Beast
Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

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Mari Yamamoto

Mari Yamamoto

yamamotostein@gmail.com

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