Yoshihide Sakurai

Yoshihide Sakurai is a professor of human sciences and sociology at Hokkaido University in Japan, where he studies how Asian religions are evolving in a global age.

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Tetsuya Ishii

Tetsuya Ishii is a professor in the Office of Health and Safety at Hokkaido University in Hokkaido, Japan. He participated in the 2015 international summit on human gene editing.

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Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ USA

Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ USA is a national Christian ministry that partners with local churches in the U.S. to focus on youth. The national office is in Dillon, Colo., but there are offices all around the nation, which it breaks down into four regions. The ministry has overseas branches in New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan, […]

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Dharma World

Dharma World is a quarterly magazine that presents Buddhism as a practical living religion and promotes inter-religious dialogue. It is connected to Rissho Kosei-kai. 

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Kenneth Kenshin Tanaka

Kenneth Kenshin Tanaka is a professor of Buddhist studies at Musashino University in Tokyo and is an ordained Shin Buddhist minister. He also serves as president of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies. Educated both in Japan and the U.S., he is a bicultural specialist and prolific writer on Pure Land Buddhism.

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Rissho Kosei-kai

Rissho Kosei-kai is a Buddhist organization with headquarters in Tokyo that promotes Buddhism in communities throughout Japan. The organization has “2.05 million member households in 245 churches throughout Japan as well as in other countries.”

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