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Daisaku Ikeda: Influential leader of Japan's Soka Gakkai Buddhist group dies

Nov 19 (AOL) - Daisaku Ikeda, a former leader of Japan's influential Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, has died at the age of 95.

Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links with the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

He died from natural causes at his home near Tokyo, a statement on Soka Gakkai's website said.

The lay Buddhist organisation claims 12 million members worldwide and is known for its association with celebrities.

【池田大作氏が死去創価学会名誉会長老衰のため 95歳】

創価学会は18日、池田大作名誉会長が今月15日の夜、東京新宿区の居宅で老衰のため亡くなったと明らかにしました。95歳でした。https://t.co/hzSYvJvRSM #nhk_video pic.twitter.com/v5rU7kHtXx
— NHKニュース (@nhk_news) November 18, 2023

Ikeda became president of Soka Gakkai in 1960. He went on to promote the organisation globally by founding Soka Gakkai International in 1975. ...continue reading

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