Pacific Stars & Stripes, Saturday 25th January 1947 (Page 2)

Japanese 'Sun Goddess' Retinue Wind Up In Jail

    A 45-year-old woman who calls herself a Sun Goddess and commands a retinue including the former sumo champion of Japan and the premier checker player of China, has wound up in jail and is described as "crazy" by her former husband, according to reports from Japanese news sources.
    Her name is Yoshiko Nagaoka who claims the title of "Princess Jikosuma." Her cult is known as Jiukyo.
    Her ex-husband said yesterday: "That woman is crazy. Her talk about being the daughter of marquis is nonsense. When we got married in 1921, she was no different from any normal woman. But during our married life she often developed fits and feigned death.
    "Since that time, our married life became unhappy, so we parted," he concluded.

Contributions
    She received 250,000 yen as contributions in the past month to aid in her avowed mission to "reform
Japan."
    Her attendants, interviewed by police when she refused to appear for questioning said that on Sept. 24, she swooned, and upon awakening found herself transformed into the Sun Goddess. It is claimed she will never die, but for some obscure reason may leave the world in 100 years.
    Police of Kanazawa Prefecture investigated the Jiukyo cult after its headquarters moved there from Tokyo last November, and began receiving large contributions.
    As one of the leaders in the cult, Sadaki Akiyoshi, better known as Futabayama, former grand champion of sumo, the Japanese national sport, has added to the group's notoriety.
    When police tried to arrest the Jiko-suma goddess several days ago, they found that 30 men, including a jiujitsu expert, were barely enough to subdue the "Man Mountain," Akiyoshi.
    For two hours the 300 pound wrestler, armed with a thick stick, single-handedly held off his intended captors, finally succumbing to superior numbers.
Official Arrested
    Together with his "goddess", Futabayama and a number of the "goddess's'' cabinet ministers were taken into police custody. One of the "cabinet ministers" is Go Sei-gen, one of China's best checker players.
    Medical experts upon examining several members of the cult and its leader, stated they were apparently suffering from grandiose religious paranoia.
    Futabayama has since been released and was expected to return to his home in Oita Prefecture. A psychopathy professor said he would probably regain his mental equilibrium if he were isolated from his "mesmerist," the "goddess."