St. Maximilian Kolbe (bearded, in front row, center) and his companions in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1936. / Credit: Public Domain/Courtesy of ‘Maximilian Kolbe: The Saint of Auschwitz’/Sophia Institute Press
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CNA Staff, Apr 10, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
“Growth is anticipated.”That’s how the Tokyo-based company Oji Holdings described the Japanese adult diaper economy last week. The company announced in a press relea… […]
Firefighters inspect collapsed wooden houses in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Jan. 2, 2024, a day after a major 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto region in Ishikawa Prefecture. / Credit: KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images
CNA Staff, Ja… […]
Oura Church in Nagasaki, Japan. / Credit: Sean Pavone/Shutterstock
CNA Staff, Dec 17, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Catholics in Japan have endured centuries of persecution. The currently small — but devout — presence of the Church in Japan is built u… […]
A Catholic Church in Nagasaki, destroyed by the Aug. 9, 1945, atomic bombing of the city. Public domain / null
ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 9, 2023 / 16:30 pm (CNA).
Today marks the 78th anniversary of the second atomic bomb dropped by the United Stat… […]
The Church of Foreign Missions in Paris. / Credit: EBASCOL/Shutterstock
Vatican City, Jun 21, 2023 / 11:45 am (CNA).
French bishops announced Wednesday that the newly established National Canonical Criminal Tribunal will open an investigation i… […]
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Washington D.C., Apr 25, 2023 / 15:20 pm (CNA).
Japan is now one step closer to legalizing an abortion pill despite some pushback from a small but dedicated pro-life movement protesting the government’s efforts.&nbs… […]
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St. Louis, Mo., Jan 27, 2023 / 11:10 am (CNA).
Japan’s health minister announced Jan. 20 that the government is launching an investigation into reports that a Japanese social service agency has been recommending sterilizatio… […]
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St. Louis, Mo., Jan 25, 2023 / 14:30 pm (CNA).
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently warned that Japan’s birthrate — one of the lowest in the world — is not sustainable and that the ongoing population decline in the co… […]
A 17th-century Japanese depiction of St. Francis Xavier, from the Kobe City Museum collection. / Public Domain.
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 3, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
How far would you go to serve God? Would you be willing to travel to t… […]
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