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Chofu (Tokyo), Japan, 21 August 2021 -- The 75th anniversary of profession of Salesian priest Fr Gaetano Compri has been celebrated at the Salesian Parish in Chofu, Tokyo on 15 August 2021. He professed his first vows at 16 years of age, on...

Original comic book published in Japan By Fr Yoshiki Sekiya, SDB Tokyo, Japan - A comic book on Don Bosco by the publishing sector of the Salesian Japanese Province (Don Bosco Sha) has come out on 7th May. Don Bosco Sha had been working on ...

By Sr. Maria Auxilia Matsumoto, SCJ Tokyo, Japan, December 8, 2015 - At the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception and the opening of the Holy Year of Mercy, we were blessed to have a Perpetual and First Profession at the Provincial House o...

By Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, SDB June 17, Tokyo, Japan - We offered the Mass in memory of departed Sr. Apollinaris Shimura Yuriko, Superior General of the Caritas Sisters of Jesus on 17th June. The Eucharist was presided by Salesian bishop emer...

Interview with Bishop Francis Xavier Mizobe Osamu, SDB By Fr. Vaclav Klement, SDB Kyoto, Japan, November 24, 2015 - Since his appointment as a diocesan bishop in 2000 former Salesian provincial of Japan Francis Xavier Osamu MIZOBE offered t...

Fr. Tsuchiya, SDB (1934-2021) RIP By Fr. Michael Lap, SBD Tokyo, Japan 6 January 2022 -- Father Tarcisio Tsuchiya Shigeaki ,sdb entered Don Bosco's garden on 29 December 2021 at the age 87 and 68 years of Salesian life in Osaka - Japan....

Provincial of Japan, Fr. Mario Yamanouchi, appointed as Bishop By Our Own Correspondent Vatican -- Today, on 2 June 2018, Pope Francis has appointed as bishop of the diocese of Saitama, Japan, Fr Mario Michiaki Yamanouchi, S.D.B., currently...

Motivated by the Shizuoka Salesio school motto ‘To learn, keep it simple’ By Our Own Correspondent Shizuoka, Japan, 17 September 2016 -- 1100 students and 120 teachers of ‘Integrated Mission School: Kindergarten, Elementary School, Junior a...

Japan Province mourns former Provincial Fr Stefano Fujikawa (1943-2018) By GIA SC Tokyo, Japan, 2 November 2018 --- Father Stefano FUJIKAWA (1943-2018), former provincial of Japan (1997-2002) passed away this morning after a period of serio...

The Installation of the 14th Japan Province Superior, Fr. Jacob Hamaguchi By Mr. Chihiro Okawa, EXDB Tokyo, Japan, 14 July 2018 -- The installation of the 14th Superior of the Japan Province,Fr. Jacob Hideaki Hamaguchi, SDB, took place duri...