Dialogue between Dr. Jutta Unkart-Seifert and Daisaku Ikeda Published in German

On May 9, a German edition of a dialogue between Dr. Jutta Unkart-Seifert, former undersecretary of Austria’s Federal Ministry of Education, the Arts and Sport, and a renowned soprano, and President Daisaku Ikeda was published by Austrian publishing house Ibera Verlag. A launch event was held on May 10 at the Austria SGI Culture Center Villa Windisch-Grätz in Vienna. Dr. Unkart-Seifert delivered a speech at the event. This edition, titled Licht des Lebens: Das Lied der Mutter (tentative translation: The Light of Life, Songs of Mothers), is the second language the book has been translated into. The book was originally published in Japanese in 2015, and the traditional Chinese edition followed in 2023.