Abroad in Japan · Friday, October 23, 2026
Pete Ronald McDonaldson shared that the former chief priest of Saiganji Temple in Kyoto, Jikyo Osaka, along with a woman and her son, were arrested over a financial scandal involving the unauthorized sale of temple-owned land and buildings valued at 226 million yen.
“financial scandal involving property around about 226 million yen, around about 1.2 million pounds, or 1.5 million dollars. The former chief priest of the temple, the Saiganji Temple, a 74-year-old man called Jikyo Osaka, has been arrested alongside a 72-year-old woman, Jikun Suzuki, and her 42-year-old son, Hiroyo Taguchi.”