In 1968, while Tadao KURAISHI, the Minster of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries at that time, was talking about Japanese armament, he said something like, "In this modern world, we can not survive in the Tariki Hongan way," and was subject to protests from various schools of the Jodo Shinshu sect of Buddhism.
1968年には、当時の倉石忠雄農相が日本の軍備に触れ、「今の世界は他力本願では生きていけない」との意味の発言をして浄土真宗各派から抗議されている。