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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

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

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.

The year 2021 will be decisive in creating the momentum for victory in the next decade.

The following is an excerpt from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech at the 45th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held on Jan. 11 in Tokyo. The original text appeared in the Jan. 17 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. My heartfelt congratulations on the holding of this meeting! To celebrate

The following is adapted and excerpted from Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on Oct. 6 during the 43rd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held at the Soka Gakkai Okinawa Training Center in Onna-son, Okinawa. The text appeared in the Oct. 12 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding

The following is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on Aug. 31 during the 42nd Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting of the New Era of Worldwide Kosen-rufu, held in Yokohama, Japan. The text appeared in the Sept. 6 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding this

The following is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on May 3, 2019, during the 41st Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held at the Tokyo Toda Memorial Auditorium. The text appeared in the May 10, 2019, issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding this 41st Headquarters

The following is an excerpt of Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s speech on Jan. 12, 2019, during the 40th Soka Gakkai Headquarters Leaders Meeting, held at the Tokyo Toda Memorial Auditorium. The text appeared in the Jan. 18 issue of the Seikyo Shimbun, the Soka Gakkai’s daily newspaper. Congratulations on holding this 40th Headquarters Leaders