The Life of Food
July 2009
Banner photo: Oxheart tomatoes [© Creativ Studio Heinemann]
China Youth, Friendship Delegations in Japan
Soka Gakkai high school division members welcome the Chinese youth delegation [© Seikyo Shimbun]
Delegations from the China-Japan Friendship Association (CJFA) and the All-China Youth Federation (ACYF) visited Japan in March and April. ACYF is the largest youth organization in China, with 370 million members. The group was in Japan at the invitation of the Soka Gakkai youth as part of an annual cultural and educational exchange between the Soka Gakkai and ACYF initiated during SGI President Daisaku Ikeda's sixth visit to China in 1984. During their visit, the ACYF delegation traveled to Hokkaido, attending a Japan-China Youth Environmental Forum at the Soka Gakkai Hokkaido Culture Center in Sapporo on April 6.
CJFA Vice President Jin Dunquan, visiting the Soka Gakkai Headquarters in Shinanomachi, Tokyo, on March 18, expressed his hope for the development of friendships between the younger people of China and Japan, and Soka Gakkai President Minoru Harada stressed his desire to further promote Sino-Japanese friendship through cultural exchanges.
