On November 22, 2017 at the Islam Karimov Scientific and Enlightenment Memorial Complex of the Republic of Uzbekistan there was a meeting with the Vice-President of the Japanese organization «Soka Gakkai» Kenji Yosigo.

The guest was debriefed about the activities conducted by the Scientific and Enlightenment Memorial Complex to study comprehensively the life and multi-dimensional responsibilities and the heritage of Islam Karimov.

The Vice-President of the «Soka Gakkai» Kenji Yosigo, recalling with kind words the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, said «Our honorary doctor Islam Karimov» during the years of independence was directly involved to the process of creating and running the fundamentally new system of education of young generation of Uzbekistan radically changed their way of thinking and their world view.

As commonly known the efforts of Islam Karimov and his huge contribution to the development of the economy, science and education were highly appreciated and he was awarded with titles of an academician and honorary doctor of the number of foreign countries’ universities including the honorary doctor of the University of «Soka» in 2002.

The Members of the Japanese delegation had paid the respect to the blessed memory of the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan by lying flowers on his monument.

The among the participant of the event the were was the wife of the First President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tatiana Karimova, head of the Scientific and Enlightenment Memorial Complex Temir Shirinov, representatives of the charitable public Foundation named after of Islam Karimov and mass media.