Quick Glance: Daisaku Ikeda, Longtime Soka Gakkai Buddhist Leader, Passes Away at 95
- Daisaku Ikeda, the long-time spiritual leader of the Soka Gakkai lay Buddhist organization, has passed away at the age of 95.
- He founded the precursor to Japan's Komeito political party, the current government's junior coalition partner, in 1964.
- Founded in 1930, Soka Gakkai claims to have 12 million members in 192 countries and territories worldwide.
- Well-known Soka Gakkai adherents include British actor Orlando Bloom, jazz musicians Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter, and Italian football player Roberto Baggio.
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Quick Glance: Funkadelic in Frankfurt: The Birthplace of German Hip-Hop
- The Frankfurt club Funkadelic was the cradle of German hip-hop in the 80s.
- Black GIs played the records there that inspired artists like Moses Pelham.
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