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 Happy Science logo | |
| Formation | 6 October 1986 |
|---|---|
| Founders | Ryuho Okawa |
| Type | Japanese new religious movement |
| Headquarters | 1-2-38 Higashi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 141-0022, Japan |
| Membership | |
| Ryuho Okawa | |
| Website | happy-science |
Formerly called | The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (until 2008)[a] |
Happy Science (幸福の科学, Kōfuku-no-Kagaku), formerly known as the Institute for Research in Human Happiness,[a] 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.
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.
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