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Chinese political advisory body vice chairman, Soka Gakkai president

Zhu Yongxin (far R, back), vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Minoru Harada (2nd from L, back), president of Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 28, 2024.

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Chinese political advisory body vice chairman, Soka Gakkai president

Zhu Yongxin (R), vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, shakes hands with Minoru Harada, president of Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 28, 2024.

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Chinese political advisory body vice chairman, Soka Gakkai president

Zhu Yongxin (R), vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, meets with Minoru Harada, president of Japan's largest lay Buddhist organization, Soka Gakkai, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on May 28, 2024.

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Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist group leader Ikeda dies at 95

Lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai Honorary President Daisaku Ikeda speaks at a hotel in Tokyo in May 2008. Ikeda, the third president of one of the largest religious groups in Japan, died at age 95 on Nov. 15, 2023, at his home in Tokyo.

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Chinese Vice President Wang and Soka Gakkai chairman, Harada

BEIJING, China - Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (R) and Minoru Harada, chairman of Soka Gakkai, a major group of lay Buddhists in Japan, hold talks at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Sept. 25, 2018. Soka Gakkai backs a political party in the Japanese ruling coalition.

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Minoru Harada

Minoru Harada, chairman of Soka Gakkai (photo taken on Dec. 19, 2007)

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Wen holds talks with Soka Gakkai leader

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Daisaku Ikeda, honorary president of Soka Gakkai, a lay Buddhist group which provides the major support base for the ruling coalition's New Komeito party, shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on April 12 prior to their talks.

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(3)Attack on U.S.

LOS ANGELES, United States - The funeral for Seima Aoyama, a Japanese man who was onboard the American Airlines plane that crashed Sept. 11 into one of the World Trade Center towers in New York, is held in Los Angeles on Sept. 15. Aoyama, 48, was a California resident and employee of Soka Gakkai International-USA (SGI-USA), the U.S. branch of a major lay Buddhist organization in Japan.

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Wen holds talks with Soka Gakkai leader

TOKYO, Japan - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) and Daisaku Ikeda, honorary president of Soka Gakkai, a lay Buddhist group which provides the major support base for the ruling coalition's New Komeito party, shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on April 12 prior to their talks. (Kyodo)

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Soka Gakkai Culture Hall

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Soka Gakkai Culture Hall in Tokyo. The photo was taken Oct. 16, 2003. (Kyodo)

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Einosuke Akitani

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Einosuke Akitani, chairman of Soka Gakkai. The photo was taken June 8, 1999. (Kyodo)

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Daisaku Ikeda

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of Daisaku Ikeda, honorary chairman of Soka Gakkai. The photo was taken Nov. 8, 1990. (Kyodo)

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Daisaku Ikeda and Hiroshi Hojo

TOKYO, Japan - Daisaku Ikeda (L) announces his resignation as Soka Gakkai chairman at a press conference in Tokyo with his successor, Hiroshi Hojo. The photo was taken April 24, 1979. (Kyodo)

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The Komeito Party

TOKYO, Japan - The inaugural rally of the Komeito party held in Tokyo. The parent body of the party is Soka Gakkai. The photo was taken Nov. 17, 1964. (Kyodo)

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Members of Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist group oppose security bills

Members of Soka Gakkai, the lay Buddhist organization that founded the Komeito party, the junior coalition partner of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic Party, rally in front of the Diet building in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2015, to oppose the imminent enactment of legislation marking a major defense policy shift by the government. Soka Gakkai's tricolor flags are seen. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canadian scholar casts light on Soka Gakkai as group shows change

Levi McLaughlin, an assistant professor of religious studies at North Carolina State University and an expert on Soka Gakkai, the lay-Buddhist organization that backs Japan's Komeito political party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his university in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Dec. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Canadian scholar casts light on Soka Gakkai as group shows change

Levi McLaughlin, an assistant professor of religious studies at North Carolina State University and an expert on Soka Gakkai, the lay-Buddhist organization that backs Japan's Komeito political party, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his university in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Dec. 30, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Vice President Wang and Soka Gakkai chairman, Harada

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (L) and Minoru Harada, chairman of Soka Gakkai, a major group of lay Buddhists in Japan, hold talks at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Sept. 25, 2018. Soka Gakkai backs a political party in the Japanese ruling coalition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Chinese Vice President Wang and Soka Gakkai chairman, Harada

Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan (L) and Minoru Harada, chairman of Soka Gakkai, a major group of lay Buddhists in Japan, shake hands ahead of their talks at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing on Sept. 25, 2018. Soka Gakkai backs a political party in the Japanese ruling coalition. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Casino bill clears Japan Diet panel after rapid deliberation

Lawmakers from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party stand up to show support, while members of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito (L front) remain seated, for a bill to legalize forms of casino gambling in Japan at a lower house committee in Tokyo on Dec. 2, 2016. The bill passed the committee although Komeito, backed by major lay-Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai, opposed it out of concern it could worsen the issue of gambling addiction and other social ills. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo