Spiritual Companies, Corporate Religions: Japanese Companies and Japanese New Religious Movements at Home and Abroad

Abstract

An examination of the relationship between Japanese companies and Japanese NRMs, focusing on the case of Yaohan, a Japanese supermarket chain (now bankrupt) with a number of overseas branches, including one in the UK. The chapter explores the links between Yaohan and a Japanese NRM, Seicho no Ie, which was closely involved in Yaohan training programmes and management.