The controversial Jikosama religious cult, headed by "Sun Goddess" Yoshiko Nagaoka, has been ordered disbanded on the ground that it violates the Potsdam Declaration.
    (Clause 6 of the Potsdam Declaration, which was issued on July 26, 1945, states that "there must be eliminated for all time the authority and influence of those who have deceived and misled the people of Japan into embarking on world conquest, for we insist that a new order or peace, security and justice, will be impossible until irresponsible militarism is driven from the world.)
    The action to dissolve the mystical religious body, which strongly upholds Emperor' worship, was carried out by the Ishikawa prefectural police on instructions from the Home Ministry.
     The Home Ministry regarded the activities of the Jiko-sama sect as running counter to the occupation provisions of the Potsdam Declaration.
    Ishikawa prefectural authorities, after swiftly executing the Home Ministry's order, are continuing to keep a careful watch over the activities of the cult's fanatical devotees, which at one time included former sumo Grand Champion Futabayama.
    The operation of the Jiko-sama religious order leaped into news prominence a few months ago when its members suddenly appeared in public with prophecies that the nation was faced with a "celestial and earthly" catastrophe.
    Learning that the religious cult was securing a vast amount of monetary donations and contributions of food from its adherents, the sect's headquarters and took its leaders into custody.
    Nagaoka, self-styled "sun goddess" priestess, later was released by the police with the order that she be confined to mental institution.
    Following her release from custody, Nagaoka's followers are continuing to practice their strange religious activities.