Online dictionary of politics and media in Japan: Ikeda Daisaku

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Ikeda Daisaku

池田大作
alternative words: Daisaku Ikeda
keywords: new religion , statesman
related topics: Sokagakkai , Komeito
explanation: Born in 1928 in Tokyo. Entered Sokagakkai in 1947 and worked in a publishing company owned by Toda Josei, the 2e president of Sokagakkai. By directing a Senate election of Osaka in 1956, he was arrested by police for a fraud. After the death of Toda, he became the 3rd president in 1960 and succeeded to create the 3rd power in the diet by forming Komeito. After a scandal over the publication of an anti Sokagakkai book, he was forced to leave the presidency in 1979 but still keeps an influence.