Japan
Map reflects the 30 most recent Persecution Reports. Click
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Monday, June 11th, 2012
According to the complaint, in the early afternoon of Pentecost Sunday, May 27, six or seven officers from the Kawasaki-Rinko Police Station of the Kanagawa prefectural police entered the grounds of the Kaizuka Catholic Church in Kawasaki City without notice or warrant and arrested the layman for not carrying his passport.
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Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Christians, often persecuted in past centuries throughout Japan, found safety in secret room at Buddhist monastery
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Monday, December 31st, 2007
But long before Nagasaki became infamous for its nuclear experience, it had other grim history to remember. It was a place of torture, religious persecution and repression, and it dates back centuries.
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Friday, August 4th, 2006
This is the second in a series on religious liberty in Asia from a Catholic perspective.
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Friday, July 28th, 2006
It is important to remember those Christians who have been martyred in the past as well as present. Here is a reminder of Christians who lost their lives in Japan.
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