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Presidential Election Part 3

Carrying on from Tuesday, this is the end of the report of the May meeting of Jinja Honchō’s (神社本庁) Oversight Council (評議員会), based on the articles in the June 2nd issue of Jinja Shinpō. After the motion to withdraw the report on the disputed presidency was very narrowly defeated, the report itself was presented. This basically set out the Tanaka (田中) faction’s view of the dispute, and the secretariat once again stated that they were considering civil and criminal actions against those who were involved. The report looked into the… Read More »Presidential Election Part 3

Presidential Election Part 2

This post continues the account of this year’s May meeting of the Jinja Honchō (神社本庁) Oversight Council (評議員会), as reported in the June 2nd issue of Jinja Shinpō. The first part was posted on Friday, and covers the first day. The morning of the second day was occupied by two subcommittees. One was looking at the budget in detail, while the other was considering motions submitted by groups of councillors. These two committees were straightforward. The budget committee listened to presentations, asked a few questions, and made some suggestions, but… Read More »Presidential Election Part 2

Presidential Election Part 1

It’s time to write about the presidential election. Not the one in South Korea — if you are reading this blog, you want to know about the one at Jinja Honchō (神社本庁). I will actually be writing about the whole “Green Leaves Meeting” (青葉会議) which is the big meeting of the Oversight Council (評議員会) and associated committees that Jinja Honchō has every May. This year’s meeting was extended by a day, because they anticipated it taking a while. And it did. So much so that I think I will need… Read More »Presidential Election Part 1

Dispute Aftermath

As I explained in my last post about the disputed presidency of Jinja Honchō, the dispute has now been resolved, and Revd Tanaka is the undisputed president. Although I entitled that post “Problem Solved”, I did note that I was not being entirely sarcastic. The March 31st issue of Jinja Shinpō reported on two meetings that dealt with the issue, one of the Board of Directors and one of the heads of the Prefectural Jinjachō, and the board meeting article was on the front page. In the last post, I… Read More »Dispute Aftermath

Problem Solved

On December 12th last year, the Board of Directors of Jinja Honchō met, and the chairman appointed Revd Tanaka as president. This means that the immediate problem of the disputed presidency is solved — the title of this blog post is not (entirely) sarcastic. Revd Tanaka is the president of Jinja Honchō, until the whole board comes up for election again in May. This also means that the chairman decided to give in for the sake of unity. I think this greatly reduces the chances of a split in Jinja… Read More »Problem Solved

Unproductive Board Meeting

The December 9th issue of Jinja Shinpō reported on a special meeting of the Jinja Honchō Board of Directors, which was held on November 29th to discuss the disputed presidency. Jinja Honchō’s position on the court decision and the dispute was explained, and they reported that they had asked Revd Ashihara about compensation for the costs to Jinja Honchō, his moral responsibility, the background to his application to change the registered president, and his interpretation of the court decision. They also explained his answers in detail (but the article does… Read More »Unproductive Board Meeting