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  AllRefer.com - Soka Gakkai (Buddhism) - Encyclopedia
In 1993–94, Komeito was part of the multiparty government led by Morihiro Hosokawa.
Komeito was dissolved in 1994 as part of a realignment among Japanese opposition parties, but the parties that arose from it reunited in 1998 to form New Komeito.
In 1999, New Komeito became a junior partner in the Liberal Democrat–led government.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/SokaGakk.html   (447 words)

  
 ipedia.com: New Clean Government Party Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The New Clean Government Party (公明党) or NKP, -- most of the time translated as 'New Komeito Party' --, and known as that name in Japan, is a political party in Japan affiliated with the religious movement Soka Gakkai.
The present New Clean Government Party was formed as a result of a merger between Komei and the New Peace Party on November 7, 1998.
The New Komeito is widely understood to be the political arm of Soka Gakkai to achieve the aim of making Soka Buddhism the state religion of Japan and, ultimately, the world.
www.ipedia.com /new_clean_government_party.html   (483 words)

  
 Separation of church and state - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The State and its organs shall refrain from religious education or any other religious activity." However, like the CDU of Germany, Japan is not without a political party that has religious affiliation, namely the New Komeito Party has affiliation with Sōka Gakkai.
It is now possible to register new religious organizations, but they lack the same special status and the ability to perform legally binding services such as marriage and burials.
News and commentary on the Separation of Church and State from a liberal atheist
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Separation_of_church_and_state   (8916 words)

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