Today, on the Soka Gakkai global website https://www.sokaglobal.org/, the following news release was published:
"On the evening of November 15th, Daisaku Ikeda, Honorary President of the Soka Gakkai and President of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), passed away from natural causes at his residence in Shinjuku, Tokyo. He was ninety-five. A funeral has been held with members of his immediate family; the time and date of commemorative services will be announced shortly.
"Ikeda was born in Tokyo on January 2nd, 1928. He was inaugurated as third President of the Soka Gakkai in 1960 and for almost two decades led the lay Buddhist movement in dynamic growth that also saw important international development. He became Soka Gakkai International (SGI) President in 1975 and Soka Gakkai Honorary President in 1979. He is survived by his wife Kaneko, his sons Hiromasa and Takahiro."
It was also announced on the Soka Gakkai website https://www.sokagakkai.jp/news/2528823.html that a Soka Gakkai funeral service for President Ikeda will be held in Culture Centres across Japan on Thursday, November 23rd (details to be announced later).*
* SGI organisations will announce their own plans according to their own situations very soon
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