Daisaku Ikeda is the founder and president of the Soka Gakkai International. He has written and lectured widely on Buddhism, humanism, and ethics, and he has published dialogues with global figures such as Arnold Toynbee, Linus Pauling, and Mikhail Gorbachev. He is the author of Buddhism Day By Day, Unlocking the Mysteries of Death, The Way of Youth and the coauthor of America Will Be!, Art of True Relations, Choose Hope, Knowing Our Worth, and Our Word to Make. He lives in Tokyo, Japan.