Talk:Haruhisa Handa

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Lack of neutrality and other problems[edit]

I had no familiarity with this person until I saw this article, but when I did a search in Japanese of the name "深見東州" some of the first hits were news articles about Fukami as the leader of his own new religion--some would call a religious cult. See [1], [2], [3], etc. Despite the fact this is the main way he is known in Japan, the article barely mentions this, his main profession. Instead, it offers an overload of details almost as if its goal is to hide the fact that he is the head of his own religion, and likely gets most of his money from his believers. That is definite proof this article is not neutral, and is likely serving as a advertisement for him that hides his more problematic aspects. That is why this article has been tagged for such problems and until these fundamental problems are solved, the tags should remain. Note that the Japanese Wikipedia article, which is the basis of this one, is also tagged for lack of neutrality. In my opinion, this article should be scrapped and totally rewritten by editors who are truly neutral. Michitaro (talk) 12:59, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I am the translator of the article on Haruhisa Handa, and would like to explain about Handa given you have noted that you are not so familiar with him.

The Julliard School describes him as follows:

Dr. Haruhisa Handa is a modern renaissance man. He performs as an opera singer, Noh actor, and dancer, and is also a composer and arranger, poet, calligrapher, photographer, and author of numerous books. Dr. Handa directs more than a dozen companies and organizations worldwide, which range from a management consultancy to sponsorship of symposia and lectures. An international philanthropist, he has founded and built a hospital, schools, and an orphanage in Cambodia, and financed medical research and music education in Australia. In the U.S. and the U.K., Dr. Handa has championed causes as varied as opera, Shinto studies, and golf for the visually impaired. As chairman of the International Foundation for Arts and Culture, he has been a steadfast supporter of the Vocal Arts Department at Juilliard for a decade. The creation of the new Juilliard Opera program inspired him to increase the foundation’s philanthropic commitment to the School through support for a Visiting Artist Chair in Vocal Arts and staged opera productions at Juilliard, among other Vocal Arts activities. Dr. Handa earned a degree in economics from Doshisha University in Kyoto and pursued postgraduate studies in voice at Japan’s prestigious Musashino Academia Musicae, in addition to holding multiple masters’ and doctoral degrees.

Haruhisa Handa is well known globally as the founder of ISPS HANDA, which is the main sponsor of major golf tours including ISPS HANDA World Cup Golf and Handa Cup In the golf world there is nobody who does not know ISPS HANDA. He is also the patron of International Blind Golf Association. Many top golfers including Lydia Ko are ambassadors of ISPS HANDA. [4]

Handa founded Misuzu Corporation in his 20s, and thereafter in his 30s he established a religious organization based on Shinto, a Japanese traditional faith, and Buddhism. This means that religion is not his main profession at all. He had originally been involved in his religious activities as a volunteer without receiving any remuneration, but the tax authority obliged that he receive a salary from his religious organization, otherwise they could not impose withholding taxes on him. Thus he reluctantly agreed to receive a salary as its leader (but he donates more than the amount of his salary to the organization).

Misuzu Corporation operates as an importer and distributor of watches and also runs cram schools. Handa is also the owner president of JAERMANN ＆ STÜBI,[5] a manufacturer of Swiss mechanical watches. Handa is a successful entrepreneur running more than 10 companies in Japan, UK, Australia and Switzerland, so feels no necessity to accrue money from his religious organization. In Japan there are innumerable examples of company founders who have established shrines and act as religious figures simultaneously. This includes Mr. Kōnosuke Matsushita, who was the founder of Panasonic as well as Kongen (Fundamental) Shrine, and Mr. Haruki Kadokawa who is the founder of KADOKAWA as well as the chief priest and representative of a shrine and religious corporation called Asukanomiya. Mr Shozan Taido - who was the founder of SSP Co., Ltd. - was a monk of Tendai Sect of Buddhism too. Handa is a Shintoist leader of a religious corporation called World Mate, whilst also being a businessman, philanthropist and artist. Unlike in western world and India etc., Japan's traditional faith, Shintoism and traditional Buddhism historically allowed its followers to pursue both religious activities and business. It is because Shintoism lies at the base of Japanese religious culture that this flexibility remains today, with Shintoism distinguishing and letting coexist both the sacred and the secular.

World Mate, a religious corporation that Handa serves as the leader, is a conscientious organization that has nothing to do with so-called "cult" activities and which has never been convicted or found guilty of any crime.[6] Its followers visit Ise Grand Shrine for worship and to understand, learn, preserve and promote the Japanese traditional faith and culture. World Mate contributes to the preservation of the Japanese traditional faith by making donations to Ise Grand Shrine and others. Its minimum monthly membership fee is 1,200 yen (500 yen for students), and members can quit anytime they wish. World Mate can be likened to a society that studies traditional Shintoism and Buddhism, and does not receive large donations exceeding certain criteria, even if a member wishes to do so.[7] The person who called World Mate a "cult" was accused of slander and has since apologized, but it is often mentioned on internet that he is trying to revenge by writing unfounded gossips about World Mate.[8] Therefore, it is no wonder that you may have misunderstood, if you are not familiar to this organization. Handa's main profession is that of a businessman, philanthropist and artist. He has an intimate relationship with both the British[9] and Cambodian Royal Families[10] and promotes a number of projects to support vulnerable and disabled people across the world.

He is also a religionist. However, as his faith is Shintoism, his religious activities are limited mostly to within Japan. By consequence, there are barely any English language resources about his status as a religious figure, with even identifying reliable sources remaining in Japanese. Husa (talk) 15:17, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

  • Thank you for your defense. You have reiterated what is in the article. But that only shows that the article represents your opinion of who Handa is. It is legitimate to present some of that, but the article does not represent the view of what major news sources have of him (and note, Japanese sources are legitimate on the English Wikipedia). And that's the problem. The article must be written from a neutral perspective that represents multiple sides of the issue. In its current iteration, especially since it largely hides his religious activities, it is a warped and one-sided version of the individual. That is why it is tagged for lack of neutrality. Note that the sources you provide defending World Mate's religious activities are all from World Mate (see WP:RS). Also, the article as it stands is bigger than that for recent American presidents on Wikipedia! Unless you believe that Handa is more important and notable than Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan from the standpoint of world history, then the article must be cut to at least a third of its current size. Again, one of the problems is that it throws in so much detail that it ends up hiding who he is. I suggest you at least start by cutting the length by about 2/3rds. Then let neutral editors step in to adjust it so it lives up to the standards of Wikipedia, especally WP:NPOV. Michitaro (talk) 00:58, 12 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for presenting the information sources[11][12][13], all of which, however, seem to be of poor quality and do not satisfy WP:BLP, so are therefore unsuitable. I have found other sources in English.[14][15][16] I am not the main editor of the article on Japanese language Wikipedia. While there are a number of much longer personal articles on Japanese Wikipedia, the same seems to not be true on English Wikipedia. Although you have indicated that the article seldom touches upon Handa's religious activities, there are actually 14 instances where World Mate is described in the article. For your reference, since there are very few reliable information sources on the Kongen Shrine that was established by Mr. Konosuke Matsushita, the Japanese Wikipedia article on Mr. Matsushita barely mentions it. Husa (talk) 15:44, 13 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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User:Husa was permanently blocked by Handle Haruhisa's non-neutrality article coarse and WP:MEAT acts in jawp. ( The possibility of used multiple accounts is also suspected, and registration as LTA is proceeding. ) Improvement is being continued because it is recognized as a promotional content in the Japanese version, but it is in a difficult direction. Therefore, We'd keep in mind that deleting once. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 禮旺 (talk • contribs) 02:04, 25 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

おここいうゆ vandalized this article in Jawp earlier. ja:利用者:Starmelhe is the previous user name of おここいうゆ.240F:11:E648:1:645B:BCE5:8D62:8493 (talk) 15:48, 18 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Vanity page for a cult leader[edit]

Regardless of whether the data herein is sourced or not, the subject matter is not encyclopedic. He's a businessman about whom secondary sources are largely not neutral, such as those from many organizations he has funded. Much of these contents are based on his own self-aggrandizing statements. Of course, this is Wikipedia. I don't expect quality from the editors of this web site. --124.97.184.210 (talk) 17:28, 21 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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