Traditional customs of respectful dialogue and graceful hospitality - and a clear spirit of mutual appreciation and renewed friendship - were central as Japan's Anglican leaders welcomed Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold
The Peace of our Lord be with you all. This year marks the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II. In this important year, we wish to express our concerns about the recent situation in Japan, and also to express our determined desire for world peace.
We - the Bishop of Tokyo and his accompanying 11 members - visited the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem for 10 days from 3 February, 2004. The Council of Justice and Peace under the diocese of Tokyo, which worked on this visit programme, wanted to make it clear that the primary purpose of this visit was an attempt to share the mission and ministries of the Churches and Christians who seek justice and peace in this particular region, as the root causes of major conflicts of the present world seem to emanate from here.
The Bishop of Kyushu in Japan invites all Anglicans to commemorate in prayer the victims of nuclear weapons, and pray for the peace of the world.
It is a very critical moment now for the entire world in regards to whether to go to war or maintain peace over the Iraq Issue. I would like to make my position clear on this matter to my brothers and sisters in Christ, and I ask each one of you to pray for peace so that war may be avoided.
A resolve to promote peace, justice and real understanding between faiths was the main outcome of the meeting of the Council of Churches of East Asia (CCEA) which met in the Diocese of Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, in October.
Jesus always lived with the least and oppressed, but never resorted to force to liberate them. Jesus has shown us love instead of power, sympathy with pain and wail instead of pity, and sharing instead of charity.
The Colleges and Universities of the Anglican Communion (CUAC) will be holding its next Triennial Meeting in Tokyo from March 15-18 in Tokyo at Rikkyo (St. Paul's) University, an Anglican university that is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Japan.
On behalf of Christian world in Japan, we request that you not pay an official visit to the Religious Corporate, Yasukuni Shrine on August 15. Yasukuni Shrine was protected by the nation as State Shinto until the end of the Asia Pacific War and served as the spiritual foundation for the Emperor's military forces sent to invade the countries in Asia and Pacific.
On behalf of Christian world in Japan, we request that you not pay an official visit to the Religious Corporate, Yasukuni Shrine on August 15. Yasukuni Shrine was protected by the nation as State Shinto until the end of the Asia Pacific War and served as the spiritual foundation for the Emperor's military forces sent to invade the countries in Asia and Pacific.
This year as every year we at Holy Trinity Nagasaki will be remembering the victims of the atomic bombing which took place on August 9th 1945. 70,000 people in the city lost their lives in the explosion, including 29 members of this church. In the following days and years many times that number died as a result of injury or radiation-related disease, and deaths directly attributed to the bombing still occur.
NSKK has tackled with the Revisionist Textbook; NSKK has sent the petition to the Authority to retract the resolution of the Revisionist Textbook and sent following letter to all of its parish churches and related institutions.
The Bishop of Nagasaki invites all Anglicans to join in the prayer to commemorate the victims of nuclear weapon
The Archbishop of Kenya, the Most Revd David Gitari, led a small group to Japan recently in an attempt to persuade the Japanese government to cancel the debt owed by governments in Africa to overseas banks.
Rikkyo University in Japan was founded by the American bishop Channing Moore Williams in 1874, since when it has upheld the importance of a Christian education. As part of the 125th Anniversary events, an exhibition of "The Bible and Japanese Culture" was held on the University campus in Tokyo.
(CEN) The Anglican Church in Japan has voted to ordain women to the priesthood. The previous vote on the issue took place in 1996 when the Nippon Sei Ko Kai, the Holy Catholic Church in Japan, narrowly rejected the call for women to the priesthood. But a vote recently achieved the two-thirds majority necessary. There are now more than 50 per cent of Anglican Provinces which allow women's ordination.
We announce with deep sorrow the passing away of the Right Reverend James T. Yashiro, Primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai and Bishop of the Diocese of Kitakanto. He passed away at 11:40 pm on March 12 in Murayama Hospital near his residence at the age of 65. He succumbed to respiratory failure after a long illness.
Japan's Anglican bishops have vetoed moves to ordain women as priests. According to the Church Times, in London, the General Synod of Japan's Anglican Church, Nippon Sei Ko Kai, rejected moves to ordain women priests after the bishops voted six to four against the proposal. Clergy and lay delegates at the synod had voted by a two-thirds majority in favour of the proposal. The Japanese Church has seven women deacons, three of whom wish to be ordained to the priesthood.
Nearly a year after the great Hanshin earthquake devastated large areas of Kobe and Osaka in Japan, the Anglican Church in Japan made a report on the situation in the country.
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