The autobiographical novel of Daisaku Ikeda, president of SGI. January 1961. Shin'ichi Yamamoto is about to make his first voyage to the Asian continent. Fifteen years have passed since the end of the world conflict, and all the countries of the Far East have experienced at first hand the horrors of the war unleashed by the Empire of the Rising Sun.
The young president of the Soka Gakkai wholeheartedly desires to spread the dream of peace and happiness of the peoples of Asia that he inherited from his master and predecessor Josei Toda. A trip to Europe is scheduled to begin in early October, with the goal of kick-starting the kosen rufu movement on the old continent as well.
"A single sun illuminates the whole world. It is the same in the world of kosen rufu. One resolute person can protect all others and break through the darkness of society, heralding the dawn of justice."
