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Happy Science

global new religious movement founded in Japan by Ryuho Okawa
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Summary

Happy Science is a religious organization[1].

Key Facts

  • Country: Japan[2], United States[3], Canada[4], Mexico[5], Brazil[6], Chile[7], Argentina[8], United Kingdom[9], France[10], Germany[11], Italy[12], Spain[13], Sweden[14], Bulgaria[15]
  • Instance of: new religious movement[16], religious corporation[17], legal person[18]
  • Founder: Ryūhō Ōkawa[19]
  • Headquarters location: Higashi-Gotanda[20]
  • Child organization or unit: Happy Science University[21]
  • Industry: religious congregations and associations[22]
  • Inception: October 6, 1986[23]
  • Location of formation: Nishiogi-Minami[24]
  • Parent organization or unit: Happy Science Group[25]
  • Official website: http://happy-science.jp/[26], https://happy-science.org/[27], https://happy-science.de/[28], http://hans.happy-science.org/[29], https://happy-science.ca/[30]
  • Work location: Hungary[31]
  • Official name: 幸福の科学[32], Happy Science[33], 행복의 과학[34], Kōfuku no Kagaku[35], Hyvää tiedettä[36], هابي ساينس[37]

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  22. [23] ↑ . happy-science.jp. happy-science.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  26. [27] ↑ . happy-science.jp. Retrieved . happy-science.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . happy-science.jp. Retrieved . happy-science.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . happy-science.jp. Retrieved . happy-science.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  31. [32] ↑ . Japanese Wikipedia. wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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