Welcoming Visitors 1996-2020
- Hong Kong’s famous writer Jin Yong delivered a commemorative lecture at Soka University (April 1996)
- José María Figueres, President of Costa Rica, visited the University (May 1996)
- Young Seek Choue, President of Kyung Hee University (Korea), visited the University and held a meeting with Ikeda (November 1997)
- Natsagiyn Bagabandi, President of Mongolia, delivered a lecture at Soka University (May 1998)
- Armando Calderón Sol, President of El Salvador, visited the University (October 1998)
- Fidel Valdez Ramos, Former President of the Philippines, visited the University (October 1998)
- A peace gathering to welcome delegates from the Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University (December 1998)
- 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)
- Mikhail Gorbachev, Former President of the Soviet Union, visited the University and gave a commemorative lecture for the second time (June 2007)
- The 35th graduation ceremony. Ikeda received an honorary doctorate from the University College South Denmark (March 2009)
- Program completion ceremony of exchange students (July 2011)
- 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)
- Professor Sundaram, Dean of Law at the University of Buckingham (U.K.) delivered a lecture at Soka University (July 2013)
- Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Founder of the Grameen Bank (Bangladesh) and a Nobel Peace Laureate, visited the University (July 2014)
- Herman Van Rompuy, Former President of the European Council, visited the University (May 2015)
- Signing of a renewed Academic Exchange Agreement with the Lomonosov Moscow State University (March 2015)
- The Sodai Ryuhokai, a community of international students who studied at Soka University, was established at the first international student alumni meeting (October 2015)
- Anwarul Karim Chowdhury, Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations, gave a congratulatory speech at the 42nd commencement ceremony (March 2016)
- 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)
- Lee Soo Sung, Former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea, delivered a commemorative lecture at the 47th Soka University Festival (October 2017)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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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