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The following is an excerpted version of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech at the 1st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial Marking the Fresh Departure for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide, held at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Sugamo, Tokyo, Jan. 7, 2024. It was translated from the Jan. 14, 2024, issue

2024 New Year’s Message

The following address was made remotely from Japan at the Central Executive Committee and Executive Council Conference held on Sept. 16, 2023, at the SGI-USA Headquarters in Santa Monica, California. by Yoshiki Tanigawa. SGI Vice President At today’s SGI-USA Central Executive Conference, the activity focus for 2024 was reviewed, discussed and approved by the Executive

Let’s always treasure our youth.

SGI Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa presented the following lecture on global citizenship at a student division meeting held in Laguna Hills, Calif., on May 24, 2023.  by Yoshiki Tanigawa SGI Vice President On June 13, 1996, Ikeda Sensei gave a lecture titled “Thoughts on Global Citizenship” at Columbia University’s Teachers College. This was just a

Affirming the importance of the basics of faith, practice and study through dialogue.

At leaders meetings held in New York and Brookline, Massachusetts, members reaffirm key points to advancing kosen-rufu.

The following address was given by Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada at the opening of the SGI Guam Peace and Culture Center in Tamuning, Guam, on Jan. 21, 2023. Håfa Adai! Håfa tatatmanu hamyo? (Are you doing well?) My heartfelt congratulations on the long-awaited dedication of the SGI Guam Ikeda Peace and Culture Center! I

On the heels of SGI World Peace Day, representative leaders gathered in San Francisco (Oct. 9), Atlanta (Oct. 11) and Washington D.C. (Oct. 13) for dynamic meetings toward Nov. 18, led by SGI Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa. In a weeklong sprint across the U.S., Mr. Tanigawa also met with Ikeda Sensei’s treasured friends Lawrence E.

The following words were shared at the Sept. 17 Central Executive Committee and Executive Council Conference.  by Yoshiki Tanigawa SGI Vice President Congratulations on holding the SGI-USA Executive Council meeting. Thank you also to the members of the Central Executive Committee for your participation. At today’s executive council meeting, the renewal of the terms for

At leaders meetings held in Chicago, Dallas and Santa Monica, California, SGI Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa emphasizes the importance of basing our actions on Nichiren Daishonin’s writings.

Congratulations to all of you today on the Ninth Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held in commemoration of Soka Gakkai Day and Soka Gakkai Mother’s Day! … Fifty years ago in May, Ikeda Sensei began engaging in dialogue with the eminent British historian Arnold J. Toynbee. While half a century has passed since then, their foresight shines

These are excerpts of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s address, made during the Eighth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held on March 6, 2022, in conjunction with the Second Youth Division Leaders Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The text originally appeared in the March 7, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo

These text contains excerpts from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech given at the Seventh Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held on Feb. 6, 2022, at the Hyogo Ikeda Culture Center in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The text appeared in the Feb. 13, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo

This is an excerpt from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech during the Sixth Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial, held on Jan. 8, 2022, in Tokyo. The text appeared in the Jan. 15, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. My warmest congratulations to you all on the Sixth

These are excerpts from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s encouragement at a Jan. 7, 2022, Soka Gakkai prefectures leaders meeting. The full summary of his encouragement was published in the Jan. 8, 2022, issue of the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper, Seikyo Shimbun. The Year of Youth and Dynamic Progress has finally begun. To celebrate Ikeda

Soka Gakkai Senior Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa shared the following words at the Sept. 25 Central Executive Committee virtual conference. Many congratulations on holding this Central Executive Conference and Executive Council Meeting, with Ikeda Sensei warmly watching over you! Sensei has described these next 10 years toward the 100th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding

This is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on July 7, 2021, during the 4th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting Toward Our Centennial and the Youth Division 70th Anniversary General Meeting, held conjointly at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Sugamo, Tokyo. The text appeared in the July 14, 2021, issue of the

Many members, including our men’s division members, both in Japan and worldwide, are facing what is surely a most difficult time. It is at such a time that our friends in northeastern Japan inspire hope in us through their victorious proof of faith. On March 16, 2011, Ikeda Sensei sent this message to them following

President Harada’s speech recounting Sensei’s encouragement to members in the Tohoku region following the 1972 flooding in Akita.