Kigenkai
Wednesday November 14, 2007
Kigenkai: The ritual murder of an elderly sushi-shop owner by a gang of women has exposed the secrets of a bizarre Japanese cult, and shone a disturbing light on the nation’s weakness for extreme religions.
Wednesday November 7, 2007
Kigenkai: Senior member Yasuko Kubota has denied ordering the beating of Motoko Okuno.
Saturday October 27, 2007
Kigenkai: Sushi restaurant owner Motoko Okuno, 63, died last month after a mass beating at the Kigenkai sect’s headquarters in Komoro city, Nagano prefecture (state), local police official Toshio Gomyo said.
Kigenkai:
It will bring the number of those arrested for fatally assaulting 63-year-old Motoko Okuno to 30, including two members of the victim’s family.
Friday October 26, 2007
Kigenkai: Okuno’s beating apparently stemmed from one of the cult’s regular “reflection gatherings,” where cultists started criticizing Michiko Mori and Yuji Ike over their lax lifestyle.
Wednesday October 17, 2007
Kigenkai: Kubota is a relative of the founder of the Shinto-linked religious organization, headquartered in Komoro, Nagano Prefecture.
Kigenkai:
Four related members of holy water cult Kigenkai who were arrested in connection with the fatal gang bashing of a sushi restaurant owner fear reprisals and may be covering up the involvement of other cultists in the elderly woman’s death, police said Tuesday.
Monday October 15, 2007
Kigenkai: The headquarters of an obscure Japanese cult, whose devotees toss dead sardines and fruit into local rivers as a purification ritual, was raided today after one of its followers was beaten to death.
Kigenkai:
Investigators suspect that Okuno was beaten by her 35-year-old husband, her 37-year-old daughter and several other members of the religious group.
Kigenkai:
Hundreds of police raided a mostly female sect in central Japan today on suspicion that a member was beaten to death for failing to carry out her religious rites.
Kigenkai:
Police suspect Kigenkai’s involvement in the death of the woman, Motoko Okuno, 63, which has led to the arrests of her four relatives also belonging to the group, they said.
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