"over 12 million (by own account)"@en . . . . "1986Z"^^ . . . . . "Happy Science (\u5E78\u798F\u306E\u79D1\u5B66, K\u014Dfuku-no-Kagaku) is a new religious and spiritual movement founded in Japan on 6 October 1986 by Ryuho Okawa. Happy Science became an official religious organization in Japan 7 March 1991. In the USA, Happy Science has been a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization since 1994.In February 2008, the official English name for the group was changed from the Romanized Japanese Kofuku-no-Kagaku (literal translation \"science of happiness\") to the English rendering \"Happy Science\"."@en . "Happy Science"@en . "K\u014Dfuku no Kagaku"@en .