hi there thank you for your querie about the humanistic teachings of nichiren buddhism let me start by saying that the title humanistic buddhism is rather sematically weak because there are no types of buddhism one humanistic and another non humanistic i think we should alter the title into buddhist humanism if you trace the word humanism you'll find various views christian humanism secular humanism etc and adding the term buddhist humanism is appropriate secondly the term humanistic buddhism or buddhist humanism whether in china or japan or the usa is based on the buddha's teachings in particular the teachings of the lotus sutra the article mentions this clearly the lotus sutra of course is not a private property of a certain temple or nation chinese japanese etc buddhism of the lotus sutra is a universal teaching for all humanity historically it was tientai of china who placed the lotus sutra as the highest of the buddha's teachings later it was introduced to japan and the tendai sect emerged upholding the lotus teachings which was the ground for nichiren who appeared in to declare his teachings based solely on the lotus sutra currently a millions samgha nichiren buddhist group the soka gakkai international is actively working for spreading buddhist humanism in the community nichiren buddhism focuses on the lotus sutra buddhist humanism it is a philosophical perspective that reflects the core spirit of the lotus sutra buddhist humanism i think it is more accurate and more professional to refer to buddhism as either theravada or mahayana in china or japan you have buddhist schools which are either theravada or mahayana there is no such thing as chinese buddhism and japanese buddhism using the term chinese or japanese buddhism is plainly wrong for example zen has branches and temples in both japan china it remains zen no need here for confusing passport added to buddhism nichiren buddhism is found all over the world but mostly parcticed in japan this does not make it japanese but correctly a mahayana school based on the lotus sutra it is even not logical to speak about humanism and humanity and in the same time restrict buddhism to artificial national descriptions of chinese and japanese terms wikipedia articles must be impartial and must bring various views humanistic values of buddhism cannot be patented to this temple or that priest only all respect worthy people working to spread buddhist humanism must be acknowledged i am doing research to include the participation of various mahayana schools in the teachings of humanism of the buddha teachings which are for all humanity thank you for your input and let's cooperate to improve the article