Abe's grandfather Nobusuke Kishi became very rich while in China from the opium trade and his skills in laundering money.
Kishi sought the support of Reverend Moon and his church in a sort of anti-communist alliance.
In 1931, Sasakawa Ryoichi founded the National Essence Mass Party (Kokusui Taishuto). One of his 15,000 party members was Kodama Yoshio.
Sasakawa and Kishi worked closely to shield the controversial Unification Church from public scandals.
Shinzo’s father and Japan’s foreign minister from 1982-1986, Shintaro Abe, also depended upon the Moonies for his campaigns.
See from left: Choi Won-pok (‘second wife’ of Moon), Hak Ja Han, Sun Myung Moon, Sasakawa Ryoichi, unknown, Eu Hyo-won (main lecturer and organiser of the Moonies in Korea in the late 1950s and 1960s) and Kuboki Osami (leader of the Moonies of Japan).

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