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By Fr. Taniguchi Ryohei, SDB Tokyo, Japan, 8 June 2022 -- Japan province (GIA) is having a decisive moment for the future. The Provincial Chapter 2022 opened on Pentecost Sunday, 5 June, with 24 confreres praying that the meeting be guided ...

By Cl Joji Arakawa, SDB Tokyo-Chofu, Japan, 23 October 2023 - Tokyo-based confrere, Salesian Priest Aloysio Shirou Sakanashi (1932-2023) of the Suginami Community, was called to heaven with Don Bosco at 7:36 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, 20...

By Cl. Kenji Lorenzo Ruiz Hasegawa, SDB Chofu, Tokyo, Japan, 25 October 2022 -- The Province of St. Francis Xavier, Japan (GIA) was blessed to have in its midst the presence of Fr Joseph Nguyen Thin Phuoc, SDB, the EAO Regional Councillor w...

Br. Vincent SHINKAI passed away in Beppu By Fr Mario Yamanouchi, SDB Beppu, Japan, 17 June 2016 -- Br. Vincent SHINKAI passed away in Beppu (Salesio House) on June 17, 2016 at 80 years of age, living for past 55 years as consecrated Salesia...

ALA_5418 By Br. Phuc Hai, SDB Vietnamese missionary in Japan Chofu, Japan, 11 July 2020 -- “Run, jump, shout but do not sin”. These are the words that Don Bosco told the young people when they came to his first Oratories in Turin. We try ...

Caritas Provincial House, Suginami, Tokyp, Japan, 20 December 2021 -- On a traditional date, 8 December, the Japan province of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus welcomed their 3 new novices. In the context of Japan's Catholic Church with sca...

First message of new Saitama bishop, Mario Yamanouchi By Our Own Correspondent Urawa City, Japan, 7 October 2018 -- In his first message to the People of God in Saitama diocese, just a few days after his ordination (September 24), Bishop Ma...

ALA_5307 Following Christ in long sickness and suffering By Japan provincial secretary Tokyo, Japan, 30 January 2020 -- Fr. Francis Xavier Higashiki passed away silently in Beppu, Kyushu Island, Japan, on 28 January 2020 after 81 years of l...

By Fr. Micaer Lap, SDB Chofu, Japan, 17 October 2023 – Our confrere, Salesian Priest Cavaliere Umberto (93 years old, 70 years as a Salesian, 62 years as a priest) of the Yokohama Community, was called to heaven with Don Bosco at 9:29...

ALA_5282 Meeting Jesus in the young Vietnamese migrants in Japan By Fr. Michael Lap, Vice Provincial Japan Nagasaki, Japan, 23 December 2019 -- The whole family of Jesus experiences the same destiny as millions of migrants or refugees do al...