故池田大作氏お別れの会　各界から２６００人参列―創価学会

　昨年１１月に９５歳で死去した創価学会名誉会長、池田大作氏のお別れの会が３０日、東京都内のホテルで営まれた。各国駐日大使や経済、学術など各界の関係者約２６００人が参列した。
　参列者は会場に設けられた祭壇を前に、白い花を手向けた。池田氏の生涯をたどるパネルや同氏が撮影した写真なども展示された。創価学会によると、お別れの会は４６道府県の関連施設でも開かれたという。（2024/01/30-17:36）

A memorial gathering has been held at a Tokyo hotel for Daisaku Ikeda, honorary president of lay Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, who died of old age in November last year.
   About 2,600 people, including those from the business and academic communities as well as foreign ambassadors to Japan, participated in the event Tuesday.
   Attendees offered white flowers on the altar at the venue, where panels featuring Ikeda's life and the photographs he had taken were exhibited.
   According to Soka Gakkai, similar events were held at facilities in the country's remaining 46 prefectures.
   Ikeda became the third president of Soka Gakkai in 1960, founded Komeito, currently the coalition partner of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in 1964 and served as honorary president from 1979.