Justin McCurry “Revelations since Shinzo Abe death shed light on Moonies’ influence” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/01/revelations-shinzo-abe-death-unification-church-moonies-political-influence-japan
安倍晋三殺人事件で再度スポットライトが当ってしまった統一協会*1について。
協会と自民党との関係について、宗教社会学者のマーク・マリンズ氏*2がコメントしている；
初期の報道；
Those same shared values sustain the present-day relationship between the church, whose members are often referred to as Moonies, and the LDP, according to Prof Mark Mullins, director of the Japan Studies Centre at the University of Auckland.“Conservative LDP politicians do share some values with the Unification church - their anti-communism and, more recently, family values, including opposition to same-sex marriage,” Mullins said.
While LDP lawmakers have often publicised their ties to conservative Shinto and other organisations*3, “it appears that they were not keen to have their association with the Unification church to be widely known,” Mullins added.
“This is probably related to the negative image of the church due to complaints and lawsuits by former members over deceptive and high-pressure fundraising and recruitment activities.”
Justin McCurry “Shinzo Abe shooting: who are the ‘Moonies’ and why are they in the spotlight?” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/12/shinzo-abe-shooting-suspects-motive-casts-spotlight-on-moonies-links-to-politicians
*1: See also https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20060426/1146030834 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20060430/1146363967 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20060729/1154141523 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20061009/1160391996 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20061011/1160575458 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20061117/1163750378 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20061120/1164023007 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20061211/1165808553 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20071011/1192110283 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20071101/1193930564 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20080427/1209230587 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20080706/1215281877 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20090227/1235750940 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20091013/1255463430 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20100325/1269491168 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20101221/1292955257 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20110404/1301894339 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20120115/1326643979 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20130416/1366106496 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20130423/1366721850 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20150202/1422851433 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20150314/1426355148 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20160808/1470620990 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20161226/1482723694 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20170322/1490153992 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20180918/1537288802 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2019/05/20/005421 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2019/10/19/090503 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2019/10/20/083734 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2019/10/20/085359 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2019/10/26/002453 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2019/10/30/102539 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/07/17/124424 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/07/27/152343 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/07/29/153318 https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/2022/08/01/114123
*2:See eg. https://profiles.auckland.ac.nz/m-mullins https://researchmap.jp/read0082989 Also https://sumita-m.hatenadiary.com/entry/20110414/1302752689
*3:See Justin McCurry “G7 in Japan: concern over world leaders' tour of nationalistic shrine” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/25/g7-japan-world-leaders-tour-shrine-cameron-obama-abe
