More Ho-no-Hana facilities raided over fraud charges

More Ho-no-Hana facilities raided over fraud charges

TOKYO, Japan - Investigators enter Atami Ningen Yuin (Atami hospital to cure human beings), a hotel in Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, west of Tokyo, used mainly by people traveling tours organized by the Ho-no-Hana Sampogyo religious sect, for evidence of fraud charges no Dec. 4. The Atami hotel is one of 32 facilities in 12 prefectures linked to the religious sect, searched by police in the day.

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