Tokyo (Reuters) – the Enryakuji Temple, one of the most prestigious Japan and located near the ancient capital of Kyoto, has prevented that the members of the largest Union of the crime of Japan there presented their respects, said Saturday the perpetrators of the temple.
Rejection of the temple follows a request from the police, which has launched an operation against the yakuza nationwide. The news of the ban on the Temple have been widely reported by Japanese media between speculation that organized crime was involved somehow in the scandal for the accounting of the discredited Olympus.
Members of the Yamaguchi-gumi group have made annual visits to the temple every August. In June, the Temple of Shiga Prefecture, in the East of Japan, transmitted to the group that they would not be welcome this year, said a person in charge of the temple.
The Enryakuji Temple keeps spiritual tablets of the last leaders of the Yamaguchi, said the officer. The tablets are wooden bars which are inscribed the Buddhist names of sick members and are used in services Memorial.
“PermitÃamos les go to the Temple because we wanted to give the members of the family… an opportunity to make a visit,” said the officer, who asked not be identified. “But in the past four years only have been members of the group, which differed from the original purpose,” stated.
Temple also wanted to cooperate with the police in the dismantling of criminal groups, assured.
Japanese authorities are investigating to Olympus once the manufacturer of cameras and endoscopes admitted that he had concealed losses for decades using funds for agreements of purchase.
The connections between the companies, the yakuza and politicians have had a long tradition in Japan. The authorities have been decades trying to combat them, lately through laws that affect not only the criminal trade unions, but also those who do business with them.
A 2010 National Police Agency report showed 22 unions of crime, their logos and the address of its headquarters generals.
The full members and “partners” reach the 80.900, less than the 88.360 1990, of which almost half belonged to the Yamaguchi-gumi, based in Kobe, in the West of Japan.
