1993 | |
Jan. | Nichiren Shoshu cuts down 280 cherry trees at Taiseki-ji. [The trees were donated by Soka Gakkai members to honor the construction of Sho-Hondo (the Grand Main Temple ).] |
Apr. 27 | Masatomo Yamazaki, who was imprisoned for attempting to blackmail the Soka Gakkai, is released on parole. Yamazaki later approaches Nikken and becomes a Hokkeko member belonging to the Rikyo-bo lodging temple at the head temple. |
Sept. 1 | Nichiren Shohsu’s mixing cremated ashes in rice bags is exposed. |
Sept. 7 | Soka Gakkai decides to confer Nichikan-transcribed Gohonzon. |
Oct. 2 | The Soka Gakkai begins to confer the Gohonzon transcribed by the 26th high priest, Nichikan upon its members. |
Nov. 3 | South Korean government discovers a counterfeit Nichiren Shoshu temple. |
Dec. 4 | Nikken goes to Spain to open a Nichiren Shoshu office there. |
Dec. 15 | Nichiren Shoshu files a libel suit against the Soka Gakkai with the Tokyo District Court regarding reporting on the ‘Seattle Incident.’ |
1994 | |
June 1 | It is revealed that Taiseki-ji has illegally disposed of many of the deceased’s ashes. A number of lawsuits by individual believers follow; Nichiren Shoshu loses in nearly every case. |
July 8 | The District Court in Pusan , South Korea , fines Nichiren Shoshu priest Hakudo Mori for operating a temple illegally registered as a nursing home. |
Aug. 21 | At a Hokkeko leaders meeting, Nikken says that he will resign if the Seattle Incident is proven true. |