The late head priest of the Tendai Buddhist denomination made special efforts for interrcligious cooperation and understanding. He hosted the Religious Summit Meeting on Mount Hiei in 1987 in the spirit of the 1986 Day of Prayer for Peace at Assisi. Italy. He died in 1994. “World peace could not be sustained without the united efforts of all people. One can start a war alone, bul the maintenance of world peace requires the cooperation of the whole world.” From Rev. Yamada’s acceptance speech