Happy Science

Happy Science
Kōfuku no Kagaku
	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	11 million (self-claimed); 38,000 (JGSS survey estimate); 30,000 (Kyoko Okawa's estimate); 13,000 (Hirohiro Okawa's estimate)
Master	Ryuho Okawa
Website	happy-science.org
Formerly called	The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (until 2008)

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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^ Kazuo Yawata (21 November 2022). "創価学会や旧統一教会など各宗教の本当の信者数は？" [What is the true number of believers in each religion such as Soka Gakkai and the former Unification Church?]. Agora (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.
^ Handbook of UFO Religions. Brill. 8 March 2021. p. 491. ISBN 9789004435537. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
^ Kestenbaum, Sam (16 April 2020). "Inside the Fringe Japanese Religion That Claims It Can Cure Covid-19". The New York Times.

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[Agora-2] Kazuo Yawata (21 November 2022). "創価学会や旧統一教会など各宗教の本当の信者数は？" [What is the true number of believers in each religion such as Soka Gakkai and the former Unification Church?]. Agora (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 April 2024.

[3] Handbook of UFO Religions. Brill. 8 March 2021. p. 491. ISBN 9789004435537. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[5] Kestenbaum, Sam (16 April 2020). "Inside the Fringe Japanese Religion That Claims It Can Cure Covid-19". The New York Times.

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Happy Science logo
Formation	6 October 1986; 37 years ago (1986-10-06)
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)
Master	Ryuho Okawa
Website	happy-science.org
Formerly called	The Institute for Research in Human Happiness (until 2008)^[a]