Profile of Father Soichiro John TERAO, owner of this website:

Born in 1941 in Nishinomiya near Osaka, Japan. Ordained a Catholic priest by Cardinal Timothy Manning, Archbishop of Los Angeles, in 1973, in Los Angeles, California with other 16 class of St.John's Seminary in Camarillo. He has been a diocesan priest of Nagoya, Japan, since ordination. He has been pastor of the parishes of Mizunami, Komaki, Sonobe, Okazaki Kozoji and Ichinomiya. In June, 2015, he moved to the parish of Zendana, in Nagoya City, Aichi prefecture, Japan..

NHK Peace Archives
http://www.nhk.or.jp/peace/english/index.html

Hiroshima Peace Tourism
https://peace-tourism.com/en/

Obama Visits Hiroshima, Meets Survivors

AT SITE OF BLAST IN HIROSHIMA, POPE APPEALS FOR PEACE

Full text of Nagasaki Peace Declaration on 76th A-bomb anniversary(August 9,2021)

ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR POWER

An Appeal from the Catholic Church in Japan

Text of message by UN Secr at 2021 Nagasaki Peace Memorial Ceremony

Pastoral Letter by  Archbishop　John Wester of Santa Fe (January 11,2022)
"Living in the Light of Christ's Peace: A Conversation
Toward Nuclear Disarmament" (full pastoral letter) PDF(January 11, 2022)

To obtain additional information about the activities of the Catholic Church in Japan, in English, I would like to recommend the following URLs:

To everyone around the world who supported reconstruction in areas affected
by the Great East Japan Earthquak (March 11, 2021
Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japane):
https://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/2021/03/11/22275/


Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan:https://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/english/

" REVERENCE FOR LIFE: A NEW LOOK" The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan January 1, 2017
https://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/2017/06/06/13943/

Japan Catholic News: https://www.cbcj.catholic.jp/category/jcn_e/

Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture  http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/youkoso.htm

   "Catholic Church History in Japan" by Catholic Bishops' Conference of Japan

"Catholic Church History in Japan" by Saint Pauline Sisters
5.National isolation and prohibition of Christian religion

Twenty-six Martyrs' Museun Home Page
http://www.26martyrs.com/l

List of the 26 Martyrs of Japan in Nishizaka, Nagasaki
http://210.136.236.116/26Martyrscom_old/images/u18053-4.png

Tomás Nishi and Companion Martyrs: The 16 Martyrs of Nagasaki
(Canonized by SS. John Paul II in October 18, 1987)
http://210.136.236.116/26Martyrscom_old/assets/en16nagasakimartyrs2.html

Lista de los 205 Beatos Mártires del Japón
(Beatificados por Pío IX el 7 de Julio de 1867)
http://210.136.236.116/26Martyrscom_old/assets/es205mart2.html

List of Petro Kibe and 187 Companion Martyrs
(Beatified on November 24, 2008)
http://210.136.236.116/26Martyrscom_old/assets/188martyrs2.html

Dom Justo Takayama
(Beatified on 7 February 2017 in Osaka with Cardinal Angelo Amato)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dom_Justo_Takayama

Japanese Christian warlord Takayama Ukon beatified
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/02/07/national/japanese-christian-warlord-takayama-ukon-beatified/#.WbyRpeQUlPY


General news in Japan
NHK World: 　http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/

Kyodo News : https://english.kyodonews.net/news

The Japan Times : http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

Japan Today:    http://www.japantoday.com/

The Asahi Shinbun    http://www.asahi.com/ajw/

Mainichi Daily News　 http://mainichi.jp/english/

The Japan News by the Yomiyuri Shinbun　 http://the-japan-news.com/ 


Japan Center for Asian Historical Records (JACAR)　https://www.jacar.go.jp/english/index.html


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