Statement on the Coming Decade of Mission and Pastoral Care, 2012-2022
Produced by the 2012 NSKK Mission Conference
The Dignity of Life: Toward a Mission-Oriented Community
Statement of Opposition to the Deployment of MV-22 Osprey Aircraft at the U.S. Marine Corps Futenma Station
Dear Prime Minister Noda and Defense Minister Morimoto,
We oppose the deployment of MV-22 Osprey aircraft at the Futenma U.S. Marine Corps Station, and support the immediate closure and return of the world's most dangerous base, Futenma Station, back to the local population.
Survivors of Japan’s triple disasters—earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear fallout—warmly welcomed a group of Anglicans who visited them from the Diocese of Riverina in Australian last week.
[ENInews] Many victims of the 11 March 2011 northeast Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear plant disaster are still "feeling isolated and uncertain about their future," a Japanese interdenominational relief network reports.
Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori continued her visit to churches in Asia Feb. 13 – 19, touring ministries of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (NSKK), the Anglican Church in Japan, before proceeding to Korea, where she preached on Feb. 19 at the Cathedral of Saints Mary and Nicholas in Seoul.
By USPG press office
The Anglican Church in Japan is rolling out an £5.2 million programme to support the survivors of the devastating tsunami.
From Shinya Samuel Yawata, Secretary, PIM NSKK
A memorial service will be held in Sendai, Christ Church Cathedral on June 11, Saturday, at 1 PM.
It will have been three months since the Great Earthquake/Tsunami in Northern Japan on June 11, Sat. The service will commemorate those who have lost their lives, remember those who lost their love ones, and those who have been suffering from difficulties caused by the natural calamity. Please remember this service and pray with us.
Date: June 11( Sat) at 1 PM
Place: Temporary chapel of Christ Church Cathedral
Celebrant : Bishop of diocese of Tohoku, The Rt. Revd John Hiromichi Kato
Co-celebrabt: Bishop of Kita Kanto, The Rt. Revd Zerubbabel Katsuichi Hirota
Preacher: Primate of NSKK and bishop of Hokkaido, The Most Revd Nathaniel Makoto Uematsu
Space is rather limited and only invited guests are welcome.
Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Service, St Patrick’s National Cathedral, Dublin, 11 April 2011, 7 p.m.
The Japanese Community in Dublin in association with Dublin City Council and St. Patrick’s Cathedral will hold an event to commemorate the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami and to provide an opportunity for people to show Ireland’s solidarity with Japan.
A reflection written by Rev. Prof. Renta Nishihara, Anglican Priest and Vice President of Rikkyo University,
In the anniversary year of Japan's annexation of Korea, a message for peace by The Most Revd. Nathanael Makoto Uematsu, Primate of NSKK and Bishop of Hokkaido and The Rt. Revd. David Shoji Tani, Chairman of the Peace and Justice Committee, NSKK and Bishop of Okinawa
On the Pentecost, about three hundred members of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai (NSKK, Anglican Communion in Japan) and the Japan Evangelical Lutheran Church (JELC) gathered at the Anglican Cathedral in Tokyo, St. Andrew’s, to celebrate the publication of “Called to Common Mission: the Dialogue and the Vision between Anglican and Lutheran Churches” together.
International Cooperation Committee asking for your help in promoting peace in Asia
A Threat to World Peace?
Amendment to Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution
This is the current article 9 of the Japanese Constitution:
‘Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes.
