Satoshi Ninoyu, the head of the National Public Safety Commission (!) served as the chairman of an organizing committee for an event hosted by one of the Unification Church’s related organizations:
> Satoshi Ninoyu, who chairs the National Public Safety Commission, and Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase held separate news conferences July 26 during which they described their association with the church, known formally as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. > > Ninoyu, 77, a former Upper House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a former Kyoto city assembly member, revealed that he served as head of an executive committee for an event hosted by a group with ties to the church. > > The commission, one of a number of politically neutral agencies affiliated with the Cabinet Office, exercises supervision over the National Police Agency and overall police administration. Ninoyu assumed the NPSC post last October. > > The event in question was titled, “Peace Road 2018 in Kyoto.” > > “It was like a celebration of peace,” Ninoyu told reporters, adding that he was “asked” to lend his name to the event “to start a movement.” > > “I have no further association,” Ninoyu stated. > > “There is an office of the Unification Church near my office in Kyoto,” he added. > > Church members “occasionally visit my office,” he said. “I have dealings with many different people because I am a politician.” > > Ninoyu said he is not a member of the church. > > “People were gathering, so I said a brief word,” Ninoyu said as he described his involvement at the event.
> The commission consists of a chairperson who holds the rank of Minister of State and five other members appointed by the Prime Minister, with consent of both houses of the Diet. The commission operates independently of the cabinet, but coordinates with it through the Minister of State. > > **The commission’s function is to guarantee the neutrality of the police system by insulating the force from political pressure and ensuring the maintenance of democratic methods in police administration. It administers the National Police Agency, and has the authority to appoint or dismiss senior police officers.**
Unbelievable hypocrisy from the LDP who make a point of lurching ever more nationalistic while allowing themselves to be influenced so heavily by a South Korean cult.
get used to 統一教会 so Unification Church is so odd to me.
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Satoshi Ninoyu, the head of the National Public Safety Commission (!) served as the chairman of an organizing committee for an event hosted by one of the Unification Church’s related organizations:
> Satoshi Ninoyu, who chairs the National Public Safety Commission, and Ishikawa Governor Hiroshi Hase held separate news conferences July 26 during which they described their association with the church, known formally as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification.
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> Ninoyu, 77, a former Upper House member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and a former Kyoto city assembly member, revealed that he served as head of an executive committee for an event hosted by a group with ties to the church.
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> The commission, one of a number of politically neutral agencies affiliated with the Cabinet Office, exercises supervision over the National Police Agency and overall police administration. Ninoyu assumed the NPSC post last October.
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> The event in question was titled, “Peace Road 2018 in Kyoto.”
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> “It was like a celebration of peace,” Ninoyu told reporters, adding that he was “asked” to lend his name to the event “to start a movement.”
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> “I have no further association,” Ninoyu stated.
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> “There is an office of the Unification Church near my office in Kyoto,” he added.
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> Church members “occasionally visit my office,” he said. “I have dealings with many different people because I am a politician.”
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> Ninoyu said he is not a member of the church.
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> “People were gathering, so I said a brief word,” Ninoyu said as he described his involvement at the event.
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The [National Public Safety Commission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Public_Safety_Commission_(Japan)):
> The commission consists of a chairperson who holds the rank of Minister of State and five other members appointed by the Prime Minister, with consent of both houses of the Diet. The commission operates independently of the cabinet, but coordinates with it through the Minister of State.
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> **The commission’s function is to guarantee the neutrality of the police system by insulating the force from political pressure and ensuring the maintenance of democratic methods in police administration. It administers the National Police Agency, and has the authority to appoint or dismiss senior police officers.**
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Alternate Japanese article about this:
[旧統一教会系イベントで実行委員長、あいさつも 二之湯智国家公安委員長が認める](https://www.kyoto-np.co.jp/articles/-/843797) (Kyoto Shimbun)
Unbelievable hypocrisy from the LDP who make a point of lurching ever more nationalistic while allowing themselves to be influenced so heavily by a South Korean cult.
get used to 統一教会 so Unification Church is so odd to me.