About Daisaku Ikeda
He served as the third president and later honorary president of the Soka Gakkai, one of Japan’s largest new religious movements, though some media and politicians have called the group a cult.
Awards & Honors
Nansen Refugee Award
Order of Friendship
Order of Francisco de Miranda
United Nations Peace Medal
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
Jamnalal Bajaj Award
Commander of the Order of the Southern Cross
Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru
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honorary doctorate of the National University of San Marcos
honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala
honorary doctorate at the Laval University
honorary citizen of Palermo
honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
honorary doctor of the Northeast Normal University
honorary doctor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
honorary doctor of the University of Sydney
