Meanwhile, Soka Gakkai, or a new religious body of Nichiren Shoshu sect (but it is excommunicated by the sect at present), which is the power base of one of the governing parties, the New Komeito Party, officially announced that 8.27 million heads of families belong to the body, but a poll and other survey show there are estimated to be 4 million believers.
一方、政権政党である公明党の支持母体の日蓮正宗系（但し、現在は破門）新宗教団体創価学会の入信者数は教団の公式発表で827万世帯、世論調査などから割り出した推計数で400万人と言われている。