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Thousands of workers hold protest, make five demands

Thousands of workers from Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and Confederation of All-Indonesian Trade ...

Memorial Held to Commemorate Buddhist Leader Daisaku Ikeda

- On November 23, at 1:30 p.m., an official Soka Gakkai Memorial Service was held at the Toda Memorial Auditorium in ...

Jakarta seeks to expand public transportation's reach to cut pollution

The Jakarta Transportation Office is working to expand the reach of public transportation in the capital city from 85 ...

Soka Gakkai calls for elimination of nuclear weapons

  On August 6, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soka ...

Government urged to regulate use of marijuana for health

The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform has urged the Indonesian government to adjust the Regulations of Narcotics, ...

Anti-graft commissioner rejects bill on corruption

The Commissioner of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Johan Budi, has expressed his rejection of the bill ...

US Faith Groups Unite to Call for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Stressing Devastating Humanitarian Impact

AsiaNet 56598WASHINGTON DC and TOKYO, Apr. 25 /Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet/ --On April 24, 2014, Buddhist association Soka Gakkai ...

Buddhist Leader Issues Peace Proposal Calling for Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, Dialogue between China and Japan

-     On January 26, 2013, Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist ...

"Global Appeal 2013" Calls For Immediate Repeal Of Laws And Institutions Discriminatory

-     The Nippon Foundation held a launch ceremony in London on January 24 for the "Global Appeal ...

ASEAN`s new Secretary General keen to increase regional trade

ASEAN`s new Secretary General, Le Luong Minh, is keen to increase regional trade from 2013 to 2017. "ASEAN`s ...

NAM reiterates call for total ban on nuclear weapons

The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) on the final day of its 16th Ministerial Meeting issued a document calling for the ...

Buddhist Leader Calls for Progress on Abolition of Nuclear Weapons

- In a proposal released on Jan. 26, "Toward a World of Dignity for All: The Triumph of the Creative Life," Soka Gakkai ...

Police fire tear gas at Tunisian protestors

Police in Tunisia have fired tear gas at anti-government protestors to disperse demonstrations outside the prime ...