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Masaki Kito
Native Name:紀藤 正樹
Native Name Lang:ja
Birth Date:21 November 1960
Birth Place:Ube, Yamaguchi
Nationality:Japanese
Alma Mater:Osaka University
Occupation:Lawyer, TV commentator
Organization:Link Law Office Kito and Partners

is a Japanese attorney at law who specializes in consumer affairs,[1] investment frauds[2] and cases involving religious cults, especially Aleph (formerly known as Aum Shinrikyo)[3] [4] [5] and the Unification Church.[6] He regularly appears as a commentator on Japanese TV news and current affairs programs.[7]

Career

Kito was born November 21, 1960, in Ube, Yamaguchi, and is a graduate of Osaka University and Graduate School of Law and Politics of Osaka University.[1] Kito is a head lawyer of Link Law Office Kito and Partners in Tokyo, established in 2001.[8]

He is a member of the Consumer Affairs Committee in Japan Federation of Bar Associations.[9]

He is the acting executive director of the National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual Sales aims at providing legal assistance for victims of cult-related frauds.

On 26 August 2022, he became one of the members being elected to the "Spiritual Sales Review Committee" in the Consumer Affairs Agency for providing suggestions to regulate the Unification Church's predatory fundraising. The committee was established under the order of Digital Minister Taro Kono as the approval rating of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet continued to plunge due to intense media scrutiny of the ties between his party with the church since the assassination of Shinzo Abe.

Predecessor

See main article: articles and Sakamoto family murder. Before Kito, victims of Unification Church and Aum Shinrikyo were represented by Tsutsumi Sakamoto, who was murdered, together with his family, by several members of Aum Shinrikyo.

Major publications

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/131213/its13121309000000-n1.htm. ja:ネットダフ屋 「より欲しい人に行き渡る」「普通の人は買えなくなる」…山崎元、紀藤正樹両氏が激論. Net ticket resellers - Heated argument between Moto Yamazaki and Masaki Kito. Shingo. Usui. 13 December 2013. MSN Sankei News. The Sankei Shimbun & Sankei Digital. Japan. 1–4. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213062735/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/131213/its13121309000000-n1.htm. 13 December 2013. 9 January 2013. dead.
  2. Web site: Some Japanese suspected of hiding crime gains in tax havens. 20:16 6 April 2016 Kyodo
  3. Web site: "The last piece of the puzzle": Final member of doomsday cult arrested after 17 years on the run. Steve. White. 15 June 2012. Mirror News. MGN Ltd. UK. 9 January 2014.
  4. Web site: Tokyo subway nerve gas fugitive caught. 15 June 2012. CBC News. The Associated Press. 9 January 2014.
  5. Web site: Aum rulings set line between life and death. Hiroshi. Matsubara. 11 August 2000. The Japan Times. The Japan Times Ltd.. Japan. 9 January 2014.
  6. Web site: Unification Church agrees to pay woman 230 million yen :The Asahi Shimbun, Japan Apr. 9, 2008. 9 April 2008.
  7. Web site: http://tvtopic.goo.ne.jp/cast/cid/23821/0/0/1.html. ja:「紀藤正樹」の出演番組. Masaki Kito TV appearances. 2014. Goo TV. NTT Resonant Inc.. Japan. Japanese. https://web.archive.org/web/20140109102336/http://tvtopic.goo.ne.jp/cast/cid/23821/0/0/1.html. 9 January 2014. 9 January 2014. dead.
  8. http://www.h4.dion.ne.jp/~kito/ Link Law Office website
  9. Web site: Activities of the Consumer Affairs Committee in JFBA . 2013-11-27 . 2013-06-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130613102603/http://www.nichibenren.or.jp/en/about/activities/consumer/affairs_committee.html . dead .
  10. http://infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/ic-selacq.html Mind Control (Risk in our lives) (2012, ASCOM) - Info-Cult in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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