Youth Peace Culture Festival Held in Argentina
On March 2 and 3, SGI-Argentina held their Fourth Youth Peace Culture Festival at the Usina del Arte theater in Buenos Aires. A total of 6,000 youth, including performers and guests, attended the...
View ArticleSGM Art and Cultural Exchange Aims to Deepen Malaysia-China Friendship
In March and early April, at its Wisma Kebudayaan center, Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) organized a lecture and two exhibitions to celebrate and further foster friendship between Malaysia and China...
View ArticleMongolia's Sky Melody Ensemble Tours Taiwan
From April 3-13, the Sky Melody Ensemble, made up of members of the National Song and Dance Ensemble of Mongolia, toured Taiwan at the invitation of the Chin-Shuan Cultural and Educational Foundation,...
View ArticleSGI-Spain Hosts Arts Festival
A skit performed at the festival (left) and a dance performance (right) On May 15, SGI-Spain hosted an arts festival at its culture center in Rivas-Vaciamadrid aimed at deepening friendship with the...
View ArticleTaiwan Soka Association Brings Art to Schools and Cosponsors Capa Exhibition
Beginning in March, volunteer guides from Taiwan Soka Association's (TSA) art and culture centers have been travelling to schools in urban and remote rural areas throughout the island to introduce...
View ArticleSGI-Korea Youth Band Performs at International Junior Art Festival
SGI-Korea's Arirang Fife-and-Drum Corps performed at the 12th Gangneung International Junior Art Festival (IJAF) from July 26-29. The festival, which has been held annually since 2002, took place in...
View ArticleSoka Gakkai Japan Youth Delegation Visits China for Friendship Exchange
Continuing a tradition of exchange that began in 1979 and despite high levels of tension in official relations between the two countries, a group of 20 Soka Gakkai youth members from Japan visited...
View ArticleSGI-Indonesia Holds Culture Festival Celebrating Indonesian Independence Day
On August 24, SGI-Indonesia held a culture festival on the island of Batam, Riau Islands Province, Indonesia, in celebration of Indonesia's 68th Independence Day (August 17). Some 2,500 people...
View ArticleSoka Gakkai Marks 45th Anniversary of Ikeda's Proposal for Normalization of...
On September 8, Chancellor Wang Wan of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China to Japan visited the Soka International Women's Center in Tokyo to give a lecture titled "Reflecting the Origins of...
View ArticleTSA Co-organizes Cross-Strait Exhibition of Children's Paintings
If adults tried to perceive the world through the eyes of children, the world would be a more peaceful and beautiful place. This is what Lai Wu-hsiung, senior instructor at the National Taiwan...
View ArticleSGI Centers in Europe Open on European Heritage Days
In September SGI centers around Europe marked the European Heritage Days initiative, holding open days with a variety of cultural and recreational activities. This year marked the 18th year...
View ArticleSimon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra Performs at SGI-Venezuela Celebration
On October 11, the world renowned Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra was invited to perform at a concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of SGI-Venezuela (SGIV)'s founding at the Center for Social...
View ArticleMin-On Commemorates 50th Anniversary with Power of Music Symposium Series
On October 22, in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of its founding by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda on October 18, 1963, the Min-On Concert Association launched "The Power of Music" symposium...
View ArticleImpressionism Exhibition Shown at Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
On October 22, the exhibition "Impressionists at the Waterside--Depicting Urban Resorts: Paris, the Seine, and Normandy" opened at the SGI-affiliated Tokyo Fuji Art Museum (TFAM) in Hachioji, Japan,...
View ArticleSGI-UK Organize Second International Jazz Day Concert, "Ode to the Human Spirit"
"Ode to The Human Spirit," a sold-out evening of jazz organized by SGI-UK at London's Kings Place on April 30 to mark UNESCO International Jazz Day 2014, brought together a great array of jazz talent,...
View ArticleTaiwan Soka Association Hosts International Conference on Social Impact of...
On May 2, Taiwan Soka Association (TSA) hosted one day of a multi-venue conference on "The Social Impact of Museums" at its Zhi Shan Culture Center. An exhibition created by TSA titled "Museums in...
View ArticleSGM Showcases Malaysian Printmaker Loo Foh Sang's Works
From June 7 to 22, Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) hosted an exhibition titled "The Untiring Engraver--48 Years of Original Prints by Loo Foh Sang" at its Wisma Kebudayaan SGM center in Kuala Lumpur. Loo...
View ArticleChina National Peking Opera Company Performs in Japan
From May 9 to July 3, to celebrate the 120th birth anniversary of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang (1894-1961), first president of the China National Peking Opera Company (CNPOC), the Min-On Concert...
View ArticleSGI Members in Singapore and Paraguay Perform at Anniversary Celebrations
On August 9, some 640 members of Singapore Soka Association (SSA) performed during Singapore's National Day Parade 2014. Themed "Our People, Our Home" and held at the Marina Bay Floating Platform, the...
View ArticleSGI Youth in Nicaragua Hold Culture Festival
On September 27, SGI-Nicaragua held a youth culture festival at the Nicaraguan Academy of Dance in Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. Performances included music and dance groups from Chinandega and...
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