1995 | |
Jan. 20 | Priests Chodo Ishibashi and Kan’o Tajima, who were illegally engaged in propagation in Korea , are fined and deported from the country. |
May 4 | Myohon-ji temple in Hota, one of the major time-honored temples, secedes from Nichiren Shoshu. |
June 6 | The high priest of the Minobu sect’s Homon-ji temple in Ikegami visits Taiseki-ji and is welcomed — a violation of Nikko Shonin’s Twenty-six Admonitions. |
Aug. 23 | Nichiren Shoshu announces its plan to destroy the Grand Reception Hall. |
Aug. 29 | Priest Hakudo Mori is fined in Japan for violation of the Foreign Exchange Control Law in connection with his illegal temple operations in Korea. |
Sept. | Nichiren Shoshu destroys the Grand Reception Hall. |
Sept. 29 | In the Seattle Incident trial, Nikken makes a radical change in his story, acknowledging that he left his hotel for a drink the night of the alleged incident. |
Oct. 2 | Mrs. Clow appears in the Tokyo District Court to testify regarding the Seattle Incident (Also on Oct.9 and Feb.7, 1996). |
1996 | |
Sept. 18 | Ronald Sprinkle, a former Seattle police officer testifies as a defense witness. |
Dec. 20 | The Sapporo District Court orders publisher, Shinchosha, to pay damages for its false reporting that a Soka Gakkai member, Nobuyuki Shirayama, intentionally killed a Nichiren Shoshu priest, Nobuaki Ohashi, in a car accident. |