{"id":105,"date":"2018-03-20T16:24:43","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T07:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.npf.or.jp\/?page_id=105"},"modified":"2019-08-06T16:18:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T07:18:03","slug":"chronology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.npf.or.jp\/english\/about\/chronology","title":{"rendered":"Chronology of the Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"timeline-box\">\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1978 December 5<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The Foundation is established to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Rissho Kosei-kai.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">December 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First meeting of its board of directors is held.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1979 March 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First meeting of its board of trustees is held.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">March 14<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First lecture meeting at Yasuda Hall in Tokyo to commemorate its founding is held.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Takeshi Umehara, president of Kyoto City University of Arts, gives a lecture on \u201cThe Formation of Human Character in the 21st Century\u201d and Rev. Nikkyo Niwano, founder of Rissho Kosei-kai, speaks on \u201cWorld Peace and the Role of Religion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">April 13<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First meeting of its screening committee for grants is held.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">May 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First presentation ceremony of its grants is held at Rissho Kosei-kai in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">May 23<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Organizes the preparatory committee for the Niwano Peace Prize. July 10: publishes its first annual report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1979 July 10<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First edition of Niwano heiwa zaidan ho (Journal of Niwano Peace Foundation) issued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1980 December 10<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Organizes a peace study seminar. The seminar was held ninety-one times through 1993.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1981 September 16<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>A symposium under the theme \u201cLife-science and Religion\u201d is held in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1982 May 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First seminar on life-science and religion is held in Tokyo. The seminar is held four times in that month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1982 November 15<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>First edition of <em>Heiwa to Shukyo<\/em> (Peace and Religion) and Echo of Peace, the English-language periodical, issued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1983 February 14<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>A press conference to announce the first Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Archbishop Helder P. Camara from Brazil, is held in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">April 7<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the prize recipient is held in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1984 April 27<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the second Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Homer A. Jack from the U.S.A., is held at the Japan Press Center Hall in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1985 April 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the third Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Mr. Zhao Pu Chu from China, is held at the Japan Press Center Hall in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">October 22<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Begins the holding of a symposium of its research-grant recipients on the theme of life-science and religion in Tokyo. Until 1992, the symposium was held annually on different subjects under the same overall theme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1986 April 22<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the fourth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Philip A. Potter from Dominica, is held in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1987 April 23<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the fifth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, the World Muslim Congress headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1988 April 29<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Host the first lecture on world peace at the Iwate Prefectural Hall in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. The course of lectures was held three times until October of that year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1989 April 20<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the sixth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rev. Etai Yamada from Shiga Prefecture, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1990 April 24<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the seventh Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Norman Cousins from the U.S.A. is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1990 September 3<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Begins the holding of an annual symposium of its activity-grant recipients in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"timeline\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1991 May 13<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the eighth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Hildegard Goss-Mayr from Austria, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1992 May 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the ninth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. A. T. Ariyaratne from Sri Lanka, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">June 10<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1993 May 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the tenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Neve Shalom\/Wahat al-Salam from Israel, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1994 May 11<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the eleventh Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Paulo E. Cardinal Arns from Brazil, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">May 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1995 May 11<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the twelfth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. M. Aram from India, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1996 May 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the thirteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ms. Marii K. Hasegawa from the U.S.A., is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1997 May 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the fourteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, the Corrymeela Community from Northern Ireland, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1998 May 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the fifteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ven. Maha Ghosananda from Cambodia, is held at Rissho Kosei-kai in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">October 24<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Hosts a symposium entitled \u201cLiving in the Present: Healing Hearts and Minds in Contemporary Society\u201d to commemorate its twentieth anniversary in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">1999 May 7<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the sixteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, the Community of Saint Edigio from Italy, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">October 4<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The Foundation\u2019s honorary president, Rev. Nikkyo Niwano, passes away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2000 May 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the seventeenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Dr. Kang Wong Yong from South Korea, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2001 May 10<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the eighteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rev. Father Elias Chacour from Israel, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2002 March 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Inaugurates Rev. Kinjiro Niwano, an emeritus executive board member of Rissho Kosei-kai, as the Foundation\u2019s chairperson.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">April 7<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The Foundation\u2019s former chairperson, Rev. Motoyuki Naganuma, passes away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">May 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the nineteenth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia from Mexico, is held at Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2003 May 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">October 18-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The Niwano Peace Forum 2003 in Tokyo under the theme \u201cThe Roles of Religious People and Organizations in Conflict Situations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2004 May 11<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the twenty-first Niwano Peace Prize recipient, the Acholi Religious Leaders\u2019 Peace Initiative of Uganda, is held at the Tokyo International Forum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2005 May 11<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2006 May 11<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the twenty-third Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rabbis for Human Rights of Israel, is held at the Foreign Correspondents\u2019Club of Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2007 May 11<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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\u2019 Club of Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2008 May 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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\u2019 Club of Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2009 May 7<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the twenty-sixth Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rev. Canon Gideon Byamugisha, of Uganda, is held at the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2010 May 13<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the twenty-seventh Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ms. Ela Ramesh Bhatt of India, is held at the Foreign correspondents\u2019 Club of Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2010 November 18<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2010.12.01<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Registered as a public interest corporate foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2011 May 19<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the 28th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Mr. Sulak Sivaraksa of Thailand, is held at the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2012 May 10<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the 29th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Ms. Rosalina Tuyuc Vel\u00e1squez of Guatemala, is held at the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club of Japan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2013 May 16<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the 30th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Rt. Rev. Dr. Gunnar St\u00e5lsett of Norway, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2014 March 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Rev. Kinjiro Niwano, chairperson of the board of trustee of the Foundation, dies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2014 April 17<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>Dr. Hiroshi Niwano becomes Chairperson of the board of trustees of the foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">May 16<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2015 May 14<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2016 May 12<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2017 July 27<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2018 May 9<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>The presentation ceremony for the 35th Niwano Peace Prize recipient, Adyan Foundtion of Lebanon, is held at the International House of Japan, Tokyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"timeline-date\">2019 May 8<\/p>\n<div class=\"timeline-content\">\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1978 December 5 The Foundation is established to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of Rissho Kosei-kai. 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