The decision comes in the wake of a much-publicized revolt by his monastery’s monks over his handling of the situation.

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A long-running column in the Shukan Shincho weekly magazine was discontinued after the often-criticized author drew protests that he was inciting discrimination against Japanese of foreign descent.

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