The presentation ceremony for the eighth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Hildegard Goss-Mayr from Austria, is held at Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the ninth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne from Sri Lanka, is held at Tokyo.

Inaugurates Rev. Nichiko Niwano, president of Rissho Kosei- kai, as president of the Foundation and Rev. Nikkyo Niwano, founder of Rissho Kosei-kai, as its honorary president.

The presentation ceremony for the tenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam from Israel, is held at Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the eleventh Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Paulo E. Cardinal Arns from Brazil, is held at Tokyo.

Hosts a symposium on the role of religion in the 21st century at the Kyoto Fumon Hall of Rissho Kosei-kai. The Foundation annually hosted a similar special symposium in the hall through 1998.

The presentation ceremony for the twelfth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. M. Aram from India, is held at Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the thirteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ms. Marii K. Hasegawa from the U.S.A., is held at Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the fourteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, the Corrymeela Community from Northern Ireland, is held at Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the fifteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ven. Maha Ghosananda from Cambodia, is held at Rissho Kosei-kai in Tokyo.

Hosts a symposium entitled “Living in the Present: Healing Hearts and Minds in Contemporary Society” to commemorate its twentieth anniversary in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.

The presentation ceremony for the sixteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, the Community of Saint Edigio from Italy, is held at Tokyo.

The Foundation’s honorary president, Rev. Nikkyo Niwano, passes away.

The presentation ceremony for the seventeenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Kang Wong Yong from South Korea, is held at Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the eighteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rev. Father Elias Chacour from Israel, is held at Tokyo.

Inaugurates Rev. Kinjiro Niwano, an emeritus executive board member of Rissho Kosei-kai, as the Foundation’s chairperson.

The Foundation’s former chairperson, Rev. Motoyuki Naganuma, passes away.

The presentation ceremony for the nineteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia from Mexico, is held at Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the twentieth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Priscilla Elworthy from the U.K., is held. Niwano Peace Prize Committee is organized and its activities is launched.

The Niwano Peace Forum 2003 in Tokyo under the theme “The Roles of Religious People and Organizations in Conflict Situations.”

The presentation ceremony for the twenty-first Niwano Peace Prize recipient, the Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative of Uganda, is held at the Tokyo International Forum.

The presentation ceremony for the twenty-second Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Hans Kung of Germany, is held at the Nippon Press Center building in Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the twenty-third Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rabbis for Human Rights of Israel, is held at the Foreign Correspondents’Club of Japan.

The presentation ceremony for the twenty-fourth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dharma Master Cheng Yen of the Republic of China, is held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

The presentation ceremony for the twenty-fifth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, is held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

The presentation ceremony for the twenty-sixth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rev. Canon Gideon Byamugisha, of Uganda, is held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

The presentation ceremony for the twenty-seventh Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of India, is held at the Foreign correspondents’ Club of Japan.

Requalified as a public interest corporate foundation under new laws related to the reform of the public interest corporation system administrated by the Cabinet office of government.

Registered as a public interest corporate foundation.

The presentation ceremony for the 28th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Mr. Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand, is held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

The presentation ceremony for the 29th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ms. Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez of Guatemala, is held at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan.

The presentation ceremony for the 30th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rt. Rev. Dr. Gunnar Stålsett of Norway, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.

Rev. Kinjiro Niwano, chairperson of the board of trustee of the Foundation, dies.

Dr. Hiroshi Niwano becomes Chairperson of the board of trustees of the foundation.

The presentation ceremony for the 31st Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ms. Dena Merriam of the United States, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the 32nd Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Mrs. Esther Abimiku Ibanga of Nigeria, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the 33rd Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Center for Peace Building and Reconciliation (CPBR) of Sri Lanka, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the 34th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Bishop Dr. Munib A. Younan of Palestine, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the 35th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Adyan Foundtion of Lebanon, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.

The presentation ceremony for the 36th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. John Paul Lederach of the United States of America, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.