Kirk here with a Kumamoto-Moonie update (a “Kuma-Moon” update ;) ).
Connections that have been clear for at least several weeks if you follow the Twitter feeds of anti-Moonie journalists are finally beginning to surface in the local media. The first picture is about the prefecture’s board of education and the second is about the city council. In both cases, connections to the “Kumamoto Pure Forum” (熊本ビュアフォーラム) are at issue. I became aware of this group while trying to look into Moonie connections with the establishment of Kumamoto’s “family education” law (くまもと家庭教育支援条例). I wrote a little about that here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/167033417187237/posts/1164986174058618
At any rate, local Moonie connections are coming to light. The URL for the first video is here:
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/a05f8d75b1619428298188f698a529fc855ca466
In it members of the local Communist Party (the political party that has most consistently opposed Moonie influence – other parties seem to be playing dumb) are asking the board of education to cut their ties with the “Pure Forum.” The board said something about doing so.
Here’s the URL for the second video: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/18ecbf2a6a3ebc63abd8944fc621cbc963983a45
In this one local politicians who have been affiliated with the “Kumamoto Organization of Peace Ambassadors” (my unofficial translation of 平和大使協議会) are named. They all claim to have been unaware of the Moonie connections – in other words they didn’t even read the pages on the group’s website!! I’ve already written about this here:
As I’ve said before, the rot runs deep!