Subject: April 21, 1998 Yomiuri Shimbun
From: pantry@cal.cybersurf.net
Date: Sun, Apr 26, 1998 21:28 EDT
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April 21, 1998 Yomiuri Shimbun

Liberal Democrats to Issue Apology, Settles with Soka Gakkai
To Appear in the Jiyu Shimpo

The Soka Gakkai and Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) have arrived at a
settlement over articles on Soka Gakkai Honorary President Daisaku
Ikeda that were published in the LDP organ, "Jiyu Shimpo," which the
lay Buddhist organization has protested as being erroneous.

The articles in question, written by a freelance journalist, were
serialized in the paper in 1996 and featured the relationship between
the [now-dismantled] New Frontier Party and Soka Gakkai. They carried
allegations by a former Soka Gakkai member claiming to have been
assaulted by Mr. Ikeda. On April i3, the Soka Gakkai sent a letter of
protest which notes, "These articles contained many instances of what
must be termed a grievously libelous nature," to LDP Secretary General
Koichi Kato.

In response, the LDP will issue an apology by the party's Public
Relations Headquarters Chief Hajime Yosano that will appear on the
April 21 issue of Jiyu Shimpo.

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Keith Robinson
Member, SGI


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