November 18, 2022, marks 92nd Anniversary of Soka Gakkai`s founding day. Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, its first president, was an educator inspired by Nichiren Buddhism and passionately dedicated to the reform of Japanese education. Makiguchi and his disciple Josei Toda published the first in a series of writings outlining the system of soka (value-creating) pedagogy, on November 18, 1930. Watch this video telling the story of the Soka Gakkai's founding. Learn more about the legacy of the founding pre

Enjoy this video celebrating the founding of the Soka Gakkai Women’s Division! Music performed by: Seigi (Justice) Chorus Fuji Junior High School Chorus Fuji Kibou (Hope) Elementary School Chorus Kibou (Hope) Orchestra Soka Gloria Wind Orchestra (Video courtesy Seikyo Shimbun) | Soka Gakkai

This video marks the founding of the Soka Gakkai’s Young Men’s Division. On July 11, 1951, with the hope of raising youth who would become great leaders of peace, Second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda, established the Young Men’s Division and, several days later, on July 19, the Young Women’s Division. | Soka Gakkai

Please enjoy this video!! The following performance by Soka Gakkai members in Europe was recorded for the Soka Gakkai’s World Youth General Meeting in September. Amidst the dire global pandemic, the Soka Gakkai youth of Europe are committed to shining the light of hope to the world. For a perspective from the front line of the situation in the UK, see this interview with SGI-UK member Dame Claire Bertschinger of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: "The crisis we are facing now is

“Centers for Peace and Friendship,” a series introducing SGI culture centers and facilities around the world. The Soka Gakkai Okinawa Training Center in Japan was opened in 1977 on the site of a former US Air Force MACE B nuclear missile base. When SGI President Daisaku Ikeda visited the missile launch complex, he suggested preserving it for the future as a reminder of our obsession with war and making the training center a symbol of world peace. The former base now stands as a monument to world

🎉November 18, 2024, marks the 94th anniversary of the Soka Gakkai’s founding. Learn about its origins, starting with Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, first president of the Soka Gakkai. An educator inspired by Nichiren Buddhism, Makiguchi was passionately dedicated to the reform of the Japanese education system. On November 18, 1930, the first volume of in his series of writings outlining the system of soka (value-creating) pedagogy, was published, laying the foundation for today’s Soka Gakkai. 🌏✨More o