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Ikeda lived in Tokyo with his wife, Kaneko Ikeda (née Kaneko Shiraki), whom he married on 3 May 1952. The couple had three sons, Hiromasa, Shirohisa (died 1984), and Takahiro. Hiromasa Ikeda is the executive vice-president of the Soka Gakkai International and trustee of the Soka University in Japan. [71]
Daisaku Ikeda (1928–2023), a Japanese Buddhist philosopher, educator, author and nuclear disarmament advocate, received many honors around the world. At the time of his death, he was president of Soka Gakkai International and honorary president of Soka Gakkai.
Ikeda urged, from 1964, a gentler approach to proselytizing. [98] [99] Under Ikeda's leadership, the organization expanded rapidly, both inside and outside Japan during the 1960s. Soka Gakkai's own narratives argue that within the first 16 months of Ikeda's presidency the organization grew from 1.3 million to 2.1 million members. [100]
Mark Presidents Day with one of these stirring presidential quotes from past U.S. presidents including John Kennedy, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan.
NBC News' Emilie Ikeda explores family connection to Japanese internment camps during World War II on 81st anniversary. ... Issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the executive order placed ...
Daisaku Ikeda was it's first president. In the first year of his presidency, Ikeda visited the United States, Canada, and Brazil, and the Soka Gakkai's first American headquarters officially opened in Los Angeles in 1963. [1] In May 2015, the SGI-USA was one of the organizing groups for the first-ever Buddhist conference at the White House. [2]
7. "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." 8. "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished." 9. "Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it ...
Hayato Ikeda (池田 勇人, Ikeda Hayato, 3 December 1899 – 13 August 1965) was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964. He is best known for his Income Doubling Plan , which promised to double the size of Japan's economy in 10 years, and for presiding over the 1964 Tokyo Olympics .