Japan Suppresses the Oomoto Sect: Religious Persecution
Japanese military police raided the Oomoto religious sect's headquarters in Kyoto Prefecture, arresting leader Onisaburo Deguchi and demolishing the movement's temples and shrines with dynamite. The crackdown targeted Oomoto's pacifist teachings and growing political influence, signaling the imperial government's determination to silence any domestic opposition to its militarist expansion.
December 8, 1935
91 years ago
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