The party was founded six decades ago under the leadership of Daisaku Ikeda when he was president of the religious organization that claims 8.27 million households in Japan as members. Ikeda ...

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai ... He met Josei Toda, the second president of Soka Gokkai, during the 1950s when Ikeda was just 19. Ikeda embraced the teachings and Toda as his mentor.