REFUGEES —
“We will accept Ukrainians with relatives or acquaintances in Japan, but beyond that, we will respond from a humanitarian perspective,”…
JAPAN —
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Liberal Democratic Party and the Komeito coalition party retain a majority in the Lower House of…
SPORT —
POLITICS —
JAPAN —
On May 17, the new bishop, Monsignor Joseph Maria Abella, was installed with a Eucharistic liturgy celebrated in the cathedral…
CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 —
Japan’s Catholic community is looking forward to the government’s decision after 6 May. The bishops, for their part, will evaluate…
MISSIONe di pace —
Father Gaetano Compri, Salesian missionary, former student of Venerable Cimatti, recalls his years as missionary in Japan: “I learned from…
JAPAN —
In the Land of the Rising Sun the news of the Pope’s “Urbi et Orbi” Blessing in St. Peter’s Square…
THE SITUATION IN JAPAN —
In an extraordinary press conference the governor of Tokio Yuriko Koike criticized the residents’ behaviour, urging cooperation and awareness of…
PANDEMICS —
The Upper House of the Japanese Parliament passed a bill setting out specific norms for the fight against the new…
EPIDEMICS —
By decision of 10 March the suspension of liturgical celebrations in 16 dioceses of Japan is extended until 29 March.…
