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Learning from the Challenges of Youthful Days

Take Your Stand

01 May, 2026

(4) The Inauguration of Second Soka Gakkai President Josei Toda

9 Min(s)

01 May, 2026

This article was originally published on 1 May 2021 in the Seikyo Shimbun.

In the autumn of 1950, Mr Toda and Shin’ichi Yamamoto travelled to Omiya City in Saitama Prefecture, hoping to secure the means to keep his businesses afloat. On the way back, while tying his loosened shoelaces, Shin’ichi hummed a parody of a popular song of the time: “Who turned me into this kind of man?”...

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