Yamagishi communities live without money or personal possessions
Even in rich Switzerland there are still idealists who believe in peace and happiness not based on materialistic values. For example the members of the Yamagishi international movement, which originated in Japan in 1956 and has communities in many countries. (SF/swissinfo.ch)
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Swiss-based Japanese worry from afar
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But invitations they have sent to their loved ones to come to Switzerland have mostly been declined in the name of solidarity with their compatriots. There appears to be a difference in attitude between the Japanese in Switzerland and those at home, as swissinfo.ch discovered after speaking to three Japanese women living in Neuchâtel, Bern…
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