After the defeat in World War II in 1945, some sects that believed the Hokke-kyo sutra were forced to change their interpretation on dharma, such as a description on the ability of women to become Buddhas in accordance with the intension of the Occupation Army.
昭和20年太平洋戦争での敗戦後、法華経は女人成仏は可か否かなど一部の文言については進駐軍の意向もあり教学上、解釈の変更も一部の宗派では余儀なくされた。