President Harada’s Statement Commemorating the End of WWII, Renouncing War Available in English

Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada’s statement, titled “Creating a Wave of Change Toward a Century Without War,” is now available in English. In the statement, originally issued in Japanese on August 1, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, President Harada writes: “We must deepen our commitment to peace by making an explicit vow to renounce war, grounded in the conviction that no one on this planet should ever have to endure its horrors.”