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SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa said the following in a guidance session with the SGI-USA Executive Council and Central Executive Committee on Sept. 13, 2025, during the CEC’s third quarterly conference of the year. (See pp. 6–7 for a CEC report.) by Yoshiki TanigawaSGI Vice President Recently, the SGI-USA Executive Council unanimously renewed Adin Strauss’ [third]

Three keys to winning over any obstacle based first and foremost on prayer.

On Jan. 26, 2025, SGI-USA training course participants took part in a Q&A session with SGI General Director Yoshiki Tanigawa in Tumon, Guam.  Q. This week, we’ve discussed the state of the world when the SGI was founded in 1975 (amid heightened Cold War tensions). In our Buddhist practice, we focus on making many causes

SGI Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa gave the following address at the Tri-state leaders meeting held on Sept. 16, 2024, at the New York Culture Center, New York. by Yoshiki TanigawaSGI Vice President Thank you for gathering despite this being a weeknight! I understand that representative leaders are here from North Zone, especially from Connecticut and

SGI Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa gave the following address at the Central Executive Committee and Executive Council Conference held on Sept. 14, 2024, at the New York Culture Center, New York. by Yoshiki TanigawaSGI Vice President Hello everyone. First, I’d like to relay that Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada and Mrs. Kaneko Ikeda asked that

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

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

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

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.

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

The following is excerpted from Soka Gakkai Senior Vice President Yoshiki Tanigawa’s speech at an SGI-USA staff meeting on March 20. Filled With Courage and Conviction The times when we face intense suffering, difficulties and challenges are precisely when we must strengthen and deepen our prayers, and single-mindedly chant Nam-myoho-renge-kyo to see things through. This

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 7—Olivia Saito encountered a young woman recently who had attended a few SGI meetings several years ago but then lost interest in the practice. All the while, the person who had introduced her to the SGI had been chanting Nam-myoho-renge-kyo for this young woman’s happiness. Tragically, this young woman lost her

At a kickoff toward Oct. 2, 2020, representative leaders study SGI President Ikeda’s actions during the February 1952 Kamata Campaign as a model for achieving indisputable victory during the 60th-anniversary year of the kosen-rufu movement in the U.S. SANTA MONICA, Calif.—In an electrifying kickoff themed “Toward 2020—Celebrating 60 Years With Sensei,” West Territory gathered 1,000