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By Fr. Ambrosio Da Silva, SDB Hamamatsu, Japan, 26 January 2016 - For thousands of reasons to be disciple of Jesus in Japan is not-so-easy, indeed the 1999 Salesian Mission Day launched by Fr. Odorico was entitled: ‘The challenging Proclama...

By Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, SDB Yokohama, Japan, 1 January 2016 - In the Salesian parish of Hamamatsu (Yokohama diocese, Eastern zone) the last Eucharist of 2015 in Japanese was celebrated by the Rector – Parish priest Fr. Ángel Yamanouchi. He...

Traditional joint Quinquennium meeting Japan and Korea By Fr Taniguchi Ryohei, SDB Nagasaki, Japan, 28 December 2018 -- Japan province is very happy to welcome our confreres from Korea to one of the memorial places of our faith and history ...

Let the flower of joy blossom! By Mr. Mitsuhiro Tateishi The Salesian Family in Japan set up the DB200 Commission in 2013 which became the nucleus in the preparation work to celebrate Don Bosco’s bicentenary with a united heart. The sunflow...

The Patriarch of Japan Province enters the Salesian Garden By Our Correspondent Tokyo, Japan, 9 August 2016 -- “Blessed are the meek, they will own the earth” (Mat 5,5). On August 9, 2016 went to the Salesian garden the most senior member o...

By GIA Social Communication Office Tokyo, Japan, 1 March 2016 - Former SDB Provincial of Japan, Bishop of Sendai and recently also Bishop of Takamatsu, Mons. Francis Xavier Osamu MIZOBE passed away to the house of the Father in the evening ...

“Misericordias Domini in aeternum cantabo” (Ps. 89,2) By Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, SDB Tokyo, Japan, 16 November 2016 -- Fr. John Ishii was born in the city of Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture in 1938. He made his first profession at 20 years of ...

Two Perpetual Professions in Tokyo By Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, SDB Tokyo, Japan, 24 March 2018 -- On March 19, during the Eucharistic celebration presided by Fr Mario Yamanouchi (Provincial of Japan), the Salesians Cl. Gabriel Yakushiji and Br...

Interview with an African missionary in Japan By Cl. Joseph Abuto Myazaki, Japan, 11 January 2022 -- Tell us something about your journey of faith? My vocation and missionary discernment have one thing in common, they are both based on the ...

Dr. Osamu Urushibata, Don Bosco Past Pupil By Fr. Yoshiki Sekiya, SDB Tokyo, Japan, 4 February 2016 - There is a dermatologist in a small clinic in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo, who practices medicine following the spirit of the Salesians. He is ai...