Higashikuni-kyo
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Higashikuni-kyo (ひがしくに教 / 東久邇教, Higashikuni-kyō) was a Japanese religious organization formed by former Premier Prince Higashikuni in April 1950, with the help of his advisor and Sōtō-sect priest Ryukai Obara.
The core of Higashikuni-Kyo was a mastery of Buddhism and a shared message of world peace through benevolence, service, devotion, and eternal peace in human society. Religious practices would include pilgrimages consoling the spirits of the dead from World War II and offering respectful and mourning prayers at tombs of unknown soldiers in various countries around the world. A devout member would also call upon society to utilize atomic power for the benefit of mankind and development of culture rather than as a weapon of mass destruction.[1]