Welcoming Visitors 1996-2020

  1. Hong Kong’s famous writer Jin Yong delivered a commemorative lecture at Soka University (April 1996)
  2. José María Figueres, President of Costa Rica, visited the University (May 1996)
  3. Young Seek Choue, President of Kyung Hee University (Korea), visited the University and held a meeting with Ikeda (November 1997)
  4. Natsagiyn Bagabandi, President of Mongolia, delivered a lecture at Soka University (May 1998)
  5. Armando Calderón Sol, President of El Salvador, visited the University (October 1998)
  6. Fidel Valdez Ramos, Former President of the Philippines, visited the University (October 1998)
  7. A peace gathering to welcome delegates from the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University (December 1998)
  8. The first cohort of Chinese government-sponsored students revisited the University for the 30th anniversary since the planting of the Zhou Enlai Cherry Tree (April 2005)
  9. Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union, visited the University and gave a commemorative lecture for the second time (June 2007)
  10. The 35th graduation ceremony. Ikeda received an honorary doctorate from the University College South Denmark (March 2009)
  11. Program completion ceremony of exchange students (July 2011)
  12. H. E. Mr. Cheng Yonghua, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Japan (he was a member of the first cohort of Chinese government-sponsored students who studied in Soka University) delivered a commemorative lecture at the 42nd entrance ceremony (April 2012)
  13. Professor Sundaram, Dean of Law at the University of Buckingham (U.K.) delivered a lecture at Soka University (July 2013)
  14. Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) and a Nobel Peace Laureate, visited the University (July 2014)
  15. Herman Van Rompuy, Former President of the European Council, visited the University (May 2015)
  16. Signing of a renewed Academic Exchange Agreement with the Lomonosov Moscow State University (March 2015)
  17. The Sodai Ryuhokai, a community of international students who studied at Soka University, was established at the first international student alumni meeting (October 2015)
  18. Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, gave a congratulatory speech at the 42nd commencement ceremony (March 2016)
  19. A photo exhibition was held to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Thai-Japanese diplomatic relations and in the memory of Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand (Exhibition on the 130th Anniversary of Thailand-Japan Diplomatic Relations: A Memorable Tribute to H.M. King Bhumibol Adulyadej, May 2017)
  20. Lee Soo Sung, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, delivered a commemorative lecture at the 47th Soka University Festival (October 2017)
  21. The annual General Conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning (ASAIHL) was held in Japan for the first time (March 2018)
  22. H.E. Mr. Mikhail Y. Galuzin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Japan (who studied at Soka University as an exchange student) delivered a commemorative lecture at Soka University (June 2018)
  23. H.E. Mrs. Megawati Soekarnoputri, Former President of the Republic of Indonesia, delivered a commemorative lecture at Soka University (January 2020)

 

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