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, term_start = 18 July 1981 , term_end = 9 November 2006 , predecessor = Hiroshi Hōjō ( 北条浩) , successor = Minoru Harada , alma_mater = {{plainlist, *

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leader. He was the fifth president of

from 18 July 1981{{Cite book , url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA899 , title = Japan Encyclopedia, isbn = 9780674017535, last1 = Fr?d?Ric, first1 = Louis, author2 = Louis-Frédéric, year = 2002, publisher=Harvard University Press to 9 November 2006. After his resignation from that position, he became the chairman of the Supreme Leader Meeting of Soka Gakkai in November 2006. He also had responsibilities in many Soka Gakkai's satellites (supreme advisor of

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, honorary director of

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, and president of

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(SGI).

Personal life

Akiya was born in

. He attended Tokyo Metropolitan Bunkyo High School. After graduating from

with a

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degree in

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, he went to work at the Seikyo Shimbun company, Soka Gakkai's newspaper. His brother-in-law, Kōshirō Ishida, is a former member of the

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in the

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and the former president of the

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. His older brother, Tsuguo Ishida, is a former member of the

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in the National Diet.

References

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