New Year’s Meetings Held around the World

World 2024
Composite image showing a large group of seated people in a hall on the right and a small group of people posing for a photo against a backdrop of a beautiful turquoise blue ocean on the left.
Soka Gakkai members in Belgium (left) and New Caledonia (right) gather together to welcome 2024

On January 1, Soka Gakkai members around the world gathered for New Year’s prayer meetings. From Belgium to Brazil, Ghana to Hong Kong, Italy to Thailand, and the UK to the US, members welcomed 2024, a year themed by the Soka Gakkai as the Year of Fresh Departure for a Youthful Soka Gakkai Worldwide.