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Japan PM stump speech

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba makes a stump speech in Soka in the eastern Japan prefecture of Saitama on Oct. 13, 2024, ahead of the Oct. 27 general election.

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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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Soka City Hall signage and logo

Soka City Hall signage and logo=Date:November 2, 2023, Place:Saitama

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Soka City Hall signage and logo

Soka City Hall signage and logo=Date:November 2, 2023, Place:Saitama

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Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight

STORY: Tanzania's TB detection rats aid efforts in epidemic fight DATELINE: March 24, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:38 LOCATION: DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency 2. SOUNDBITE (English): JOSEPH SOKA, APOPO Program Manager STORYLINE: At least 19 African giant pouched rats are at the frontline of scaling up efforts aimed at ending tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania by accelerating early detection. In Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's biggest city, 10 trained rats are housed in a forested state-of-the-art laboratory in the compounds of the Tanzania Veterinary Laboratory Agency with only one mission: to detect TB with the highest accuracy. Nine other rats trained to detect the smell of mycobacterium TB in human sputum are stationed at the training center at the Sokoine University of Agriculture in the Morogoro region. At the lab in Dar es Salaam, the 10 TB-detection rats are working alongside 12 staff made up of rat handlers and laboratory technicians, said Joseph

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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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Quake-sensitive circuit breakers tested for effectiveness

SOKA, Japan - Circuit breakers equipped with earthquake sensors are tested by the Cabinet Office in a simulation of a temblor to ensure their effectiveness on Oct. 24, 2014, in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. All eight breakers were activated properly.

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Quake-sensitive circuit breakers tested for effectiveness

SOKA, Japan - Circuit breakers equipped with earthquake sensors are tested by the Cabinet Office in a simulation of a quake to ensure their effectiveness on Oct. 24, 2014, in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. All eight types of breakers were activated properly.

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Circuit breaker with quake sensor activates to prevent fires

SOKA, Japan - A circuit breaker that can detect earthquakes and cuts the flow of electricity to help prevent fire is shown in this photo. The breaker properly worked during a test on Oct. 24, 2014.

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New sumo rankings for autumn basho

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Endo holds a list of new sumo rankings at Oitekaze stable in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2013, as the Japan Sumo Association announced the rankings for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Endo, amateur champion in 2012, entered the makuuchi division after just three tournaments since making his debut, the fastest rise to the top flight since the start of the Showa Era.

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New sumo rankings for autumn basho

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Endo points to his name on a new sumo rankings list at Oitekaze stable in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on Sept. 2, 2013, as the Japan Sumo Association the announced the rankings for the upcoming Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament. Endo, amateur champion in 2012, entered the makuuchi division after just three tournaments since making his debut, the fastest rise to the top flight since the start of the Showa Era.

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Boy forced to jump from 2nd floor of school building

SOKA, Japan - Photo on July 20, 2012, shows the site where a 13-year-old boy was forced by classmates in April to jump from the second floor of a junior high school building in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. The municipal education board said that day the boy sustained severe injuries after hitting the concrete ground about three meters below.

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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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Georgian wrestler allowed in sumo's makuuchi division

TOKYO, Japan - Sumo wrestler Kokkai from Georgia, who has been allowed to enter the elite makuuchi division for the upcoming New Year Grand Sumo Tournament, poses for photos at his stable in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on Dec. 24. He is holding the rankings list bearing his name which was released by the Japan Sumo Association for the tourney.

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2 Japanese students win bronze medals in chemistry Olympics

ATHENS, Greece - Naoto Sato (L) and Koichi Ueno, who are 17-year-old seniors at Soka High School in Tokyo, hold up their bronze medals awarded at the 35th International Chemistry Olympiad in Athens on July 13. A total of 232 participants from 59 countries took part in the competition and 70 of them were awarded bronze medals.

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Globe maker busy producing Mars models

SOKA, Japan - A worker at a globe manufacturer in Soka, Saitama Prefecture handles a Mars model ahead of the planet's regular opposition to the sun with the Earth in between in August 2003. On Aug. 27, Mars will be almost 30% closer to the Earth than during an average opposition and will appear especially large and bright. The company is seeing twice its usual order volume ahead of the heavenly event.

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Texan not cramped in tiny 'chashitsu' tearoom workplace

KYOTO, Japan - Gary Soka Cadwallader (L) teaches his students ''chado,'' the way of tea, in the ''chashitsu'' (tearoom) at the Urasenke school of tea in Kyoto. Cadwallader, from Texas, was made a tea master in the summer of 1997 by the Urasenke house, one of the three Sen families that have been practicing chado since the 16th century. By Isao Morishita

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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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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

Tokyo Olympic torch relay runners pass the Olympic flame from torch to torch at a promenade lined with pine trees in the Saitama Prefecture city of Soka, eastern Japan, on July 7, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a promenade lined with pine trees in the Saitama Prefecture city of Soka, eastern Japan, on July 7, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay runner crosses a bridge over a promenade lined with pine trees in the Saitama Prefecture city of Soka, eastern Japan, on July 7, 2021.

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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a promenade lined with pine trees in the Saitama Prefecture city of Soka, eastern Japan, on July 7, 2021.

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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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Globe maker busy producing Mars models

SOKA, Japan - A worker at a globe manufacturer in Soka, Saitama Prefecture handles a Mars model ahead of the planet's regular opposition to the sun with the Earth in between in August 2003. On Aug. 27, Mars will be almost 30% closer to the Earth than during an average opposition and will appear especially large and bright. The company is seeing twice its usual order volume ahead of the heavenly event. (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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(5)Georgian sumo wrestler Kokkai

TOKYO, Japan - Georgian sumo wrestler Kokkai poses with a sumo tournament ranking in Soka, Saitama Prefecture. The photo was taken April 23, 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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Group from east Japan wins 1st national "Awa Odori" dance contest

Photo shows a group of dancers from Soka, Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, at the first national "Awa Odori" folk dance contest in the city of Tokushima, western Japan, on Nov. 29, 2015. The group won the contest. (Kyodo) ==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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Endo likely to give thumbs up for summer basho

Popular sumo wrestler Endo (R) talks with stablemaster Oitekaze following a morning training session in the city of Soka, near Tokyo, on May 5, 2015. Endo, whose participation in the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament has been in question due to a serious left-knee injury, suggested the same day he is likely to compete at the 15-day meet at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Injured Endo in doubt for return in May

Popular sumo wrestler Endo receives encouragement from Nobuo Ishikawa, the mayor of his home town Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, at the Oitekaze stable in Soka, north of Tokyo, on April 17, 2015. His stablemaster said the same day that Endo, who injured the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in March, is in doubt of competing in the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament starting May 10. (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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Tokyo Olympic torch relay

A Tokyo Olympic torch relay participant runs on a promenade lined with pine trees in the Saitama Prefecture city of Soka, eastern Japan, on July 7, 2021.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Komazawa University's Takuma Ishikawa (R) overtakes Soka University's Yuki Onodera for the lead in the final leg in Tokyo of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Komazawa University's Takuma Ishikawa (R) runs away after overtaking Soka University's Yuki Onodera for the lead in the final leg in Tokyo of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Komazawa University's Takuma Ishikawa (R) runs away after overtaking Soka University's Yuki Onodera for the lead in the final leg in Tokyo of the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Soka University's Yoshiki Haratomi (facing camera) prepares to hand the sash to Daisuke Nagai in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, during the return leg of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 3, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Soka University anchor Yuki Onodera collapses on the ground after crossing the line for a second-place finish in Tokyo's Otemachi business district in the Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 3, 2021.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Soka University's third-leg runner Jun Kasai (R) hands the sash to fourth-leg runner Yudai Shimazu in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the first day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 2, 2021. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Soka University's Yuta Mikami crosses the finish line in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the first day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 2, 2021.

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Tokyo-Hakone ekiden road relay

Soka University's Yuta Mikami crosses the finish line in Hakone, Kanagawa Prefecture, on the first day of the two-day Tokyo-Hakone collegiate ekiden road relay on Jan. 2, 2021.

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Yonex badminton shuttlecocks

Daiki Uchiyama, who works at Yonex Co., checks the flight of badminton shuttlecocks at the sporting goods maker's factory in Soka, Japan, on Nov. 22, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo