Anglican Communion News Service - Digest - Japan

Anglicans in Japan name next 10 years 'Decade of Mission and Pastoral Care'

Tue, 20 Nov 2012 14:31:00 GMT

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 [More]

Japanese Primate tells Prime Minister "no" to US military planes

Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:39:00 GMT

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 S... [More]

Australian Anglicans visit Japan, hear stories of surviving the tsunami

Mon, 09 Jul 2012 14:10:00 GMT

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. [More]

Christian network: Japan disaster victims still "isolated and uncertain"

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:35:00 GMT

[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. [More]

Presiding Bishop tours ministries in Japan, preaches at Korean cathedral

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:34:00 GMT

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 ... [More]

Plea for nuclear caution as church rolls out earthquake response

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:28:00 GMT

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. [More]

Memorial service to be held in Sendai, Japan

Thu, 19 May 2011 16:22:00 GMT

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, S...

Dublin's Japanese community to commemorate disaster victims

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 13:13:00 GMT

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... [More]

"Easter will be a time of hope, a small shoot amongst the rubble."

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

A reflection written by Rev. Prof. Renta Nishihara, Anglican Priest and Vice President of Rikkyo University, [More]

A Message for Peace for the 100th anniversary of Japan's annexation of Korea.

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:11:00 GMT

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 Committe... [More]

Anglicans and Lutherans in Japan celebrated their "Call to Common Mission"

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:28:00 GMT

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 ... [More]

An open letter from the Chubu Diocese of the Anglican/Episcopal Church in Japan's

Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:05:00 GMT

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... [More]