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Plaque honouring Filipino comfort women unveiled
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MANILA (UCAN): The group, Flowers for Lolas Campaign, unveiled a marker in memory of victims of violence and sexual slavery during World War II inside the National Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Baclaran, Manila, the Philippines, on August. 25. |
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Japan to welcome Pope Francis in November
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TOKYO (UCAN): Pope Francis confirmed that he is to visit Japan in November when speaking to the press on the flight taking him to the World Youth Day gathering in Panama on January 23. “I will go to Japan in November. Get ready!” he told them. |
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Japan-Korea anti-nuclear pilgrimage
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SEOUL (UCAN): Bishops and activists from Japan and South Korea took part the Japan-Korea Anti-Nuclear Peace Pilgrimage, calling for an end to nuclear energy. |
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Korean Church calls on Japan to atone for comfort women
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SEOUL (UAN): A coalition made up of Catholic diocesan justice and peace committees, religious institutions and non-goernment organisiations in South Korea, has called on the Japanese government apologise for forcing Asian women—known as comfort women—to provide sexual services for its troops during World War II. |
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Philippine bishop requests image and relic of Japanese blessed
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MANILA (UCAN): Bishop Renato Mayugba of Laoag wants an image of Blessed Justo Takayama Ukon, a Japanese candidate for sainthood, to be enshrined in his church in the town of Badoc in the northern Philippine province of Ilocos Norte. |
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Tokyo gets a bishop with a difference
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TOKYO (SE): The newly appointed archbishop of Tokyo is to be a man with an international profile and vast experience of living and working in a foreign culture, as well as involvement in the social challenges that face both his own country and the whole of Asia. |
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Japan first Asian nation to forge full diplomatic ties with the Vatican
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VATICAN (SE): The Holy See and Japan are marking the 75th anniversary of the forging between the two states of full diplomatic relations in 1942. |
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Killing off suicide
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TOKYO (AsiaNews): The government in what is arguably the world’s capital for youth suicide is setting out to reduce the rate in under 20s by at least 30 per cent. |
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Cardinal Tong at peace prayer meet in Kyoto
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KYOTO (SE): Two days after stepping down as bishop of Hong Kong, John Cardinal Tong Hon travelled to Kyoto in Japan as a representative of Pope Francis at the 30th annual Prayer Meeting on Mount Hiei, a gathering that brings people from all religions together to pray and work for peace. |
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Japanese warrior for refugees mourned
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TOKYO (UCAN): Michiko Inukai, a nationally-known Catholic author who supported refugees in Japan and abroad, died on July 24 due to advanced age. She was 96. |
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