On November 23, at 1:30 p.m., an official Soka Gakkai Memorial Service was held at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in Tokyo, for Daisaku Ikeda, Honorary President of the Soka Gakkai and President of the ...

TOKYOTOKYO — Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese ...

Daisaku Ikeda, a former leader of Japan's influential Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, has died at the age of 95. Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links ...

My experience of living in Japan was that Soka Gakkai or SGI has a terrible reputation in Japan for being a cult similar to the moonies. They control a political party called Komeito as people mention ...

Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He died from natural causes at his home near Tokyo, a statement ...