Japan: Memorial Symposium on the 200th JLC Meeting
Below you will find a report prepared by the Japan Liaison Committee of the IARF (you can read more about it here) from its most recent symposium. Date: 9th October, 2016 14:00-17:00 Place: Hall of Soryo, Ittoen, Kyoto Theme: Eliminate the Borders ~ Actual Situation of Refugees in Japan A symposium in commemoration of the […]
Council meeting 2013
[nggallery id=31] REPORT: 2013 International Council meeting at the Konko Church of Izuo in Osaka, 17-19 April 2013 Preceded by the annual Executive meeting – hosted once more by our Osaka member group Shitennoji Temple – the two-day annual board meeting ended on Friday (19 April), in general agreement that this was the most positive so far during the […]
Shinto and Japanese New Religions
On Shinto Shinto scripture Shinto Kokusai Gakkai (Japanese research body) Encyclopaedia of Shinto National Christian Council in Japan – Center for the Study of Japanese Religions On “NEW RELIGIONS” Tenri-kyo Konko-kyo
IARF leaders meet the Dalai Lama again
In early November 2010, two months after the IARF’s 33rd Congress in India which His Holiness inaugurated, he came to the Kansai region of Japan, on 7th attending a Peace Conference of Youth in Osaka (where our Secretariat has been based); and on 8th November he was guest of honour at World Heritage site […]
RFYN Empowerment Training
Davao, Philippines 26 Dec 2003 – 3 Jan 2004 Thirty young people from all over the Philippines attended the IARF’s RFYN empowerment training at Waterfront Hotel in Davao City, Mindanao – ‘IPs’ (indigenous people), Christians, Moslems and Unitarians. Oxford-based Ramola Sundram, the RFYN International Co-ordinator, came to Davao, as did Japan-based Morse Flores, a Filipino ‘IP’ (indigenous […]
Japan 2011 disaster response
Relief donations to Japan 2011 superquake & tsunami victims The devastation of North-Eastern Japan’s provinces by the unprecedented earthquake and tsunami occurred shortly before our 2011 Council meeting. IARF members in several countries spontaneously raised donations of £4,574, which was added to considerable donations made by IARF members in Japan, and given to relief work in Sendai. […]
2006 Congress ~ Fo Guang Shan Taiwan
From March 26th—30th 2006, some 400 of our members from around the world gathered at the monastery headquarters of our Buddhist member group in southern Taiwan: Fo Guang Shan ( 佛光山 ) near Kaohsiung… Congress Reports President’s report on Congress 2006 IARF-Kongressbericht Taiwan 2006 Young Adults at IARF Congress 2006 Addresses: Religion & Peace by Master Hsing-Yun […]
Slideshow of 2006 Congress
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Tri-People Educational Tour – Philippines
21 – 28 April, 2003 Twenty-four young adults took part in a spiritual tour that also included leadership training & teambuilding. [nggallery id=4] Participants included representatives of ten tribes of Indigenous People, four major tribes of Muslims from Mindanao, Christians from the Visayas, and another Indigenous young adult from Luzon in the north. […]