“Too many the Happies smell suspiciously like a cult.”

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Estimate of COVID-19 Deaths, China, December 2022–February 2023 - PMC

The Happy Science Religious Movement Claims to Hold the Cure for COVID-19 – grape Japan

Happy Science / Kōfuku no Kagaku - CDAMM

The Happy Science Religious Movement Claims to Hold the Cure for COVID-19 – grape Japan

Modern-Day Savior - Happy Science USA

Happy Science — Happy Science Australia

Happy Science: Inside Japan's Far-Right Religious Movement - Unseen Japan

FAQ | KOMEITO

Happiness Realization Party | Constitutional Revision

What is the Happy Science Religion? They Claim They Can Cure Coronavirus - The New York Times

Japan's ‘Happy Science' cult leader Okawa, who claimed he spoke to spirits of Jesus and Freddie Mercury, dies | The Straits Times

Ryuho Okawa, Founder of Happy Science Dies at Age 66 - The Japan News

A PIONEER IN THE REVIVAL OF JAPANESE SPIRITUALITY IN THE 1980S: SHIN YOSHIFUKU | by Bill Kelly | Nov, 2025 | Medium