Happy Science
New religious movement founded in Japan by Ryuho Okawa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Happy Science (幸福の科学, Kōfuku-no-Kagaku), formerly known as the Institute for Research in Human Happiness,[lower-alpha 1] is a new religious movement founded in Japan on 6 October 1986 by former Wall Street trader Ryuho Okawa, whose followers regarded him as the incarnation of a supreme being from Venus.[4] Happy Science has been described as a cult.
Formation | 6 October 1986; 37 years ago (1986-10-06) |
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Founders | Ryuho Okawa |
Type | Japanese new religious movement |
Headquarters | 1-2-38 Higashi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0022, Japan |
Membership | 11 million (self-claimed)[1] 38,000 (JGSS survey estimate)[2] 30,000 (Kyoko Okawa's estimate) 13,000 (Hirohiro Okawa's estimate) |
Ryuho Okawa | |
Website | happy-science |
Formerly called | The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (until 2008)[lower-alpha 1] |
The Happy Science group includes a publication division called IRH Press, schools such as Happy Science Academy and Happy Science University, a political party called the Happiness Realization Party, and three media entertainment divisions, which are called New Star Production, ARI Production and HS Pictures Studio.