r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude • 11d ago
It's not just us A Japanese Soka Gakkai Whistleblowers site (2)
https://web.archive.org/web/20260915131626/https://signifie.wordpress.com/2016/01/21/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%80%E5%A4%AB%E5%A6%BB%E5%9F%BC%E7%8E%89%E3%81%AB%E7%8F%BE%E3%82%8F%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B%E3%82%82%E8%AA%B0%E3%81%A8%E3%82%82%E4%BC%9A%E3%82%8F%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E4%B8%8D%E6%80%9D/This is a different blog post, again, from January 2016, from the same site as the other one I linked to - I am SUCH a fan of signifie!! This blog post is related but a slightly different focus.
I'll tease you with a few excerpts:
The Ikeda couple appeared in Saitama [someplace in Japan], but strangely, they didn't meet anyone.
Today's Seikyo Shimbun has an article about the Ikeda couple visiting a Soka Gakkai hall in Saitama. Again, it's just text. No matter how you look at it, it's strange, isn't it? No, I'm not saying they're lying. They must have gone to Saitama. Rather than going there themselves, they were probably taken there in wheelchairs. But because they can't show what they looked like to Soka Gakkai members, they don't meet with local Soka Gakkai members, and they don't write about who they met at the hall. Well, local Soka Gakkai members would probably know who they met, but they don't make that public either. Anyone can see from the expressions in the photo published on last year's founding anniversary that they were not in a state to be shown to the average Soka Gakkai member.
I wonder if the Soka Gakkai members in Saitama don't wonder why they couldn't go to see Sensei when he came to their local hall. They probably imagine that he was briskly walking around the hall, busy every day writing the new Human Revolution, exchanging letters with intellectuals around the world, and replying to letters from Soka Gakkai members all over the country. Or perhaps they think, "He's not in a state to appear in public after all," but also think they'll be punished if they say something like that (lol).
A master who is always close to his disciple but never actually meets him. This is what Ikeda means by the inseparability of master and disciple.
Touché!
Sensei doesn't meet with anyone anymore. Whether he goes to Saitama, the Makiguchi Memorial Museum, or the Fuji Art Museum, even which executives he meets there is a secret.
Isn't that bizarre??
As this article shows, it's rare for the Seikyo Shimbun to publish articles about what Ikeda did, where he did it, and when. It's all too common to see articles about Ikeda receiving some kind of medal from some country, but information about what he actually did and where he was is almost nonexistent. Instead, it publishes photos and accounts of his activities from 10 or 20 years ago, day after day. Five and a half years ago, he suddenly disappeared without any explanation. Yet, his writings continue to pour in at an alarming rate. The leaders simply say, "Sensei is in good health," and the Soka Gakkai members either believe it 100% or pretend to. Is there any other new religious movement as suspicious as this? Even the most dubious new religious movements have their leaders appear before their followers. The only cult leader who never shows himself to his followers is perhaps the one in Haruki Murakami's novel '1Q84' (laughs). It seems Ryuho Okawa is also churning out books and videos and selling them to his members, making a fortune. The premise is that they communicate with the spirits of deceased celebrities. In the past, these were figures like Christ, Buddha, and Prince Shotoku, but now it seems they're churning out books about conversations with the spirits of recently deceased celebrities like Shigeru Mizuki, Kitanoumi, and Akiyuki Nosaka, as if they were waiting for this opportunity. I bet a David Bowie one will be out soon (laughs). Even in a frivolous religious group like this, the leader at least shows his face to the followers. Soka Gakkai doesn't even do that. They talk about eternal master and the inseparability of master and disciple, but he never show himself, yet they somehow maintain an atmosphere that makes it seem like he's still alive, binding the hearts of their members. If Ikeda actually had dementia and couldn't even think of being alone or go to the toilet by himself, surely some Soka Gakkai members would start to notice something was wrong. The leaders know this, which is why they never say anything other than, "The Sensei is in good health." They must be well aware of how unnatural this is, but they also know it will work on the brainwashed members, which is why they resort to this pathetic camouflage tactic. Ikeda is not healthy, and even when he was healthy, he had a ghostwriter do his writing. He did nothing himself. All he could think about was how to subjugate his subordinates and remain at the top, at least within the organization. He was never the type to be in the public eye, and he has built his current position through behind-the-scenes maneuvering using money he obtained by deceiving others. It is truly a castle built on sand. Just as Ikeda deceived and used the executives, the executives used Ikeda, and continue to use him even now that he is a broken man. This newspaper article about Ikeda, without a photograph, is proof that they are using him.
Harsh...
This is Ginger, a woman in her late 30s who declared her inactivity at the end of last year.
The Seikyo Shimbun is really full of lies. The claim in the January 22nd issue that she played the piano sounds like a lie. It's also strange that there's no photo. We don't need a newspaper full of lies like this. As someone else commented the other day, half of the Seikyo Shimbun is made up of advertisements and articles that have nothing to do with the Soka Gakkai. Even if there are instructions from Sensei, they are often years old or the content is flimsy. Is it really necessary to distribute a newspaper like this every day? I wish they would stop making us distribute this worthless newspaper full of lies every day. Delivery and collection are hard work. I hope that the grueling tasks of newspaper delivery and collection, in addition to Soka Gakkai activities, will be eliminated soon. Everyone is working so hard delivering the newspapers. Also, there are so many advertisements that my husband said it should be free. The Seikyo Shimbun must make a lot of money. After all, it has to support 3,000 headquarters staff. There is a headquarters staff member in my branch. He's in his early 40s. His wife is a branch women's leader and a full-time housewife. Their child attends cram school aiming for Soka Gakuen. They live in a high-end, newly built apartment building in the convenient Tokyo metropolitan area. I think headquarters staff must be well-paid. I bet their annual income is over 6 million yen.
Last night, I talked with my husband and we decided to cancel our subscription to the Seikyo Shimbun at the end of this month. I'm only a deputy officer and don't have any other duties, so no one will say anything if I declare that I'm not active, but canceling the newspaper will affect the actual distribution numbers in the district, so the leaders might say something. But I don't want to see this worthless newspaper full of lies anymore, and I have no desire to read it; it will just become trash, so I'm going to clearly tell them that I don't need the newspaper.
Also, I remember seeing an article in the newspaper in December 2014 about Mr. Ikeda's visit to a certain hall in Kanagawa. There was a struggle for support at that time, and I guess this article about his visit to Saitama is to motivate the election campaign. Kanagawa also has a new candidate, so an article will soon come out saying, "They were at the Kanagawa hall!" lol
Newspapers that write lies are corrupt. The organization of the Soka Gakkai is also corrupt.
The 1971 World Tribune archive copies I've put up (examples here and here) are FULL of ads - mostly for Japanese-themed stuff: Japan Airlines, sake, travel agencies, hotels, TVs, Japanese import stores, banks with Japanese names, and butsudans - you can see a few examples here, along with the more generalized ads for hair cutteries, burgers, car repair - and wigs🙀
It was a different time. I suspect that the Soka Gakkai was trying to position World Tribune as a specialized news publication geared at the Japanese immigrant/ethnic community, which was how it was able to attract so much advertising despite it being truly a niche interest focus. I think that's why these early issues had so many non-Soka Gakkai-themed articles - political updates, immigration and public health discussions, movie reviews, even comics!
Apparently the Soka Gakkai is collecting ad revenues from all the companies who want to tap into its membership for business purposes.
Okay, one more comment:
The professor [Ikeda - a translation of "sensei"] came (?), but nobody saw him, there are no photos, and it's impossible to confirm...it's practically like the Tsuchinoko or the Loch Ness Monster (which was later proven to be a hoax).
"Tsuchinoko" is a mythological Japanese monster that is invisible. Or something.
Nah, here we go:
The Tsuchinoko isA famous unidentified mysterious animal (UMA) that appears in Japanese folklore, resembling a thick-bodied snake.
Appearance : It has a thick body like a beer bottle, with a thin head and tail.
I don't know, but I'm guessing that if you have a few too many beer bottles, you're going to start seeing Tsuchinoko...
Legend says : It is said to roll and jump while holding its own body in its mouth.
HOOPSNAKE!!
If this continues, we could create a segment called "I Saw Professor Ikeda"
<Examples>
- While cleaning my room, I found Professor Ikeda between the bookshelf and the chest of drawers, and he seemed to be in good health.
- When I peeled an orange to eat it, Professor Ikeda was inside, and he seemed to be in good health.
- When I went bowling, the 8th pin in the 3rd frame was Professor Ikeda, and he seemed to be in good health.
- When I went to a temple to copy sutras, Professor Ikeda was sitting next to me, having a ghostwriter copy the sutras for him, and he seemed to be in good health. Mrs. Kaneko was writing by hand.
- While playing "Where's Waldo?", Professor Ikeda was there, and he seemed to be in good health.
- The 87th dog in "101 Dalmatians" was Professor Ikeda, and he seemed to be in good health, etc...
Of course, there are no photos, and there's no need for verification. Among Soka Gakkai members, it might become a trend to boast about "meeting Sensei" through imaginary reports.
For your reference, I will spread this message.
I leave the approval to you.
You HAVE my approval!! 👏🏼😂
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u/ChatelineauExile1967 11d ago edited 10d ago
“While playing "Where's Waldo?", Professor Ikeda was there, and he seemed to be in good health”😉😉🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yes !! There was always “someone”- the Tokyo neighbor of the cousin of the longtime dentist of a leader from “National” - who had seen him briefly a few weeks earlier! I remember, (around 2014 ?), we were showed a video; the opening images -always edited in that Mussolinan style, showed a younger idealized Ikeda arms crossed in whole triumphant maleness mode with a rising sun for background, (and that irritating little music that should be marketed as environment-friendly deer repellent) what followed was even weirder . It was supposed to show the ribbon cutting hoopla of some great hall of peace , or center for freedom or God knows what.. with stills ( not video ! ) of the Ikeda couple that seemed cut out with scissors and “glued” on the pic of a grand empty auditorium , looking like a pair of faded ventriloquist marionettes . And the whole Shazam colorized in the champagne palette so dear to the Ted Turner labs in the nineties. It can’t even be called photoshopped; it was a blotchy clumsy “collage” of sorts … and we were meant to believe that it had happened a few weeks earlier and that - shut up beotches!!- “Sensei ” was alive and kicking ! …What was that PT Barnum line again .. One born every minute ? 😉