Kirk here with a Unification Church (Toitsu Kyokai) update. The gentleman pictured is NAKAYAMA Mineo, president of Sojo University. It seems that Nakayama-sensei has also been the Chair of “Kumamoto Citizens Promoting the Building of a Tunnel Between Japan and Korea” (日韓トンネル推進熊本県民会議). According to the Bungei Shunjun article, this project was proposed by Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church. The length of the tunnel would be about 200 kilometers, of which 500 meters have already been dug.
Nakayama-sensei’s association with a Moonie project is political news because he is also the head of a local group to support KISHIDA Fumio, our current Prime Minister. Mr. Kishida has said that he has no connection to the Moonies so even indirect connections like this become news.
Today, Mr. Kishida’s explanation regarding his support group in Kumamoto was national news. Nakayama-sensei says that he was unaware of the connection. Perhaps so. My response is: Have you heard of Google?
By the way, Nakayama-sensei held a press conference today, obviously in response to the Bungei Shunjun article. He is no longer associated with the tunnel project.
Actually, I have more to report about other local connections with the Moonies but I’ll have to save that for other days.
