Japanese Province (JPN)
Education of the head, the heart and the hands
In a speech delivered at the recent Sophia Symposium in Tokyo, Fr Mark Raper SJ, President of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific, argued for...read more
Earth, Fire, Air, Water
Human and environmental devastation caused by floods in Australia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka and by earthquakes and their aftershocks in New Zealand, Japan and...read more
Rediscovering my Jesuit identity
Jody Magtoto SJ was in Japan in May, helping in the relief effort for victims of the tsunami. He reflects on how he rediscovered his...read more
Caritas leads ‘tsunami of solidarity’ in Japan
The earthquake and resulting tsunami that killed some 14,000 last March in Japan has caused another tsunami, this time of solidarity and outreach, said the...read more
The Sound of Hope
When the rector of the Jesuit scholasticate in Tokyo, Fr Juan Haidar, asked me whether I was interested in volunteering for relief efforts of Caritas Japan, I...read more
Jesuit Bishop in Cambodia visits Jesuits in Japan
The Jesuit Bishop in Cambodia, Fr Enrique Figaredo (CAS), or “Kike” as he is familiarly called, told the Fathers of the District about recent Jesuit...read more
Camboren group from Japan visit Jesuit Service Cambodia projects
Fr Vicente Bonet (JPN) from Sophia University, Japan visited Cambodia with ten members of a group called Camboren (Friends of Cambodia) from February 5 to...read more
Mission to Fukushima
She sat quietly at the corner bench. The crowd was pressing in that small omise (a videoke snack bar which draws memories from times past...read more
Second report from the Provincial of Japan
Ten days have passed since my first report on the situation in Japan immediately after the earthquake and tsunami of March 11. The number of...read more