President Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda

Daisaku Ikeda is the president of Soka Gakkai International. He was born January 2, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan and met Josei Toda at age 19 who was the general director of Soka Gakkai then and later became the second president. Mr. Ikeda called Toda his mentor and worked with him for only nine years till Toda's passing.

There is no individual on earth cherishes and treasures this human to human relationship of mentor and disciple more than Mr. Ikeda does who says, even fifty years after the passing of his mentor, "My dream is to realize Josei Toda's dream." (A message to the junior highschool students. Janurary 1, 2008)

Essays in the Japan Times

1. A HUMAN REVOLUTION -Transforming our way of living, April 12, 2007

2. Realizing the potential of an aging society, March 8, 2007

3. Bullying reflects problems in adult society, Feb. 8, 2007

4. THE PROMISE OF DIALOGUE -Moving beyond the use of military force, Jan. 11, 2007

5. EXTREME POVERTY -The gravest violation of human rights, Dec. 14, 2006

6. DEVELOPING A BROADER CONCERN -Clues to living in a stress-filled society, Nov. 9, 2006

7. Restoring our connections with the world, Oct. 12, 2006

8. Emerging from the nuclear shadow, Sept. 14, 2006

9. Facing the past, embracing the future, Aug. 10, 2006

10. EQUAL RIGHTS FOR WOMEN -Moving toward a creative partnership, July 13, 2006

11. Planting seeds of hope in Japan's youth, June 8, 2006