Wahid Foundation Director Visits Soka Gakkai Headquarters

Japan 2025

Woman with a head covering and two men in suits, sitting and smiling at a formal meeting.

Yenny Wahid, director of the Wahid Foundation (right), meets with Soka Gakkai Senior Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda (front left) at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Tokyo. Her husband, Dhohir Farisi (back center), was also in attendance. [© Seikyo Shimbun]

On March 17, Yenny Wahid, director of the Wahid Foundation and daughter of late Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid, met with Soka Gakkai Senior Vice President Hiromasa Ikeda at the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Tokyo. During their discussion, Ms. Wahid emphasized the importance of interfaith dialogue in transcending religious differences.

She was then received by SGI Women’s Leader Yumiko Kasanuki, SGI Young Women’s Leader Hiroko Ogushi, and Masami Nasu, women’s division leader of the organization in Japan, at the Soka International Women’s Center where she gave a lecture on interfaith dialogue and women’s empowerment.

On March 18, Ms. Wahid gave the keynote speech at Soka University and Soka Women’s College’s joint graduation ceremony.

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