Japanese Buddhists: Junichiro Koizumi, Shoko Asahara, Daisaku Ikeda, Shintar? Ishihara, Naoto Kan, Genki Sudo, Itagaki Taisuke, Mikao Usui

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Junichiro Koizumi, Shoko Asahara, Daisaku Ikeda, Shintar Ishihara, Naoto Kan, Genki Sudo, Itagaki Taisuke, Mikao Usui, Yoshir Mori, Maruyama kyo, Kenji Miyazawa, Morihiro Hosokawa, Unkei, Tori Busshi, Eiji Toyoda, Honinbo Sansa, Kitaro Nishida, Tanaka Chigaku, J ch, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi, Nikkyo Niwano, Nichidatsu Fujii, Kakuban, Kiichiro Toyoda, Tsutomu Hata, Wake no Kiyomaro, Nichiko Niwano, J kei, Sakichi Toyoda, Umehara Takeshi, Masahiro Mori, Josei Toda, K kei, Ch j -hime, Keiji Nishitani, Kaoru Sugita, Taiichi Ohno, Bench, Gyomay Kubose, Keich, Akegarasu Haya, Inoue Enry, Nanjo Bunyu, Kiyozawa Manshi, Ueyama Shunpei, K sh Tateishi, Hiroshi Noma, Joichi Suetsuna, Murata Juk, Seiken Sugiura, Masami Hisamoto, Einosuke Akiya, Monzeki. Excerpt: Daisaku Ikeda Ikeda Daisaku, born January 2, 1928) is president of S ka Gakkai International (SGI), a Nichiren Buddhist association which claims 12 million members in 192 countries and territories, and founder of several educational, cultural and research institutions. Daisaku Ikeda was born the fifth son of seaweed farmers at ta, Tokyo. He had four older brothers, who fought in World War II, two younger brothers, and a sister. As a child, he suffered from poor health and later tuberculosis, and doctors predicted that he wouldn't survive beyond the age of 30. Ikeda's family endured the hardships of the war. In his youth, he lost his eldest brother Kiichi Ikeda (1916-1945) to World War II, which developed in him a strong opposition to war. In August 1947, he learned of Nichiren Buddhism through adherent Josei Toda and then-President of S ka Gakkai. In 1948, Ikeda quit night school to work for Toda's publishing business. In return, Toda taught Ikeda literature, history, chemistry, physics, political science, economics, law, mathematics, and Nichiren Daishonin's Buddh...