03/15/2021 United States (International Christian Concern) – Landing in Japan this morning, Secretary of State Antony Blinken kicked off the first in a series of meetings with key U.S....
11/27/2019 Japan (International Christian Concern) – Pope Francis’ recent visit to Japan helps shed light on the nation’s little known past – a period where the Japanese Catholics were...
04/08/2019 Myanmar (International Christian Concern) – A Japanese foundation has delivered a grant of US$300,000 to assist displaced Kachin communities in Myanmar’s Kachin state last...
12/01/2018 Japan (International Christian Concern) – A scroll recently discovered in a Japanese museum is believed to be from the earliest days of Christianity in the country. With the...
ICC Note: The reason the dozen Christian sites related to Japan’s religious persecution were recently awarded World Heritage status is largely due to the fact that they demonstrate how...
ICC Note: On June 30, UNESCO decided to add Japanese 12 sites that are linked to the history of persecuted Christians to the World Heritage list. These sites in southwestern Japan were...
ICC Note: 21 members of a Japanese Christian group who were detained between May 5 and 15 across China for their missionary activities have safely returned home, according to Japan’s...
ICC Note: Several Christian landmarks in Japan marking the religious persecution Christians endured during the Tokugawa shogunate (1630-1867) might soon gain World Heritage recognition...
ICC Note: UNESCO recommend 12 sites linked to the persecution of Japanese ‘Hidden Christians’ for World Heritage status. These sites in the Nagasaki and Kumamoto region show how...
ICC Note: A museum in Nagasaki opened earlier this month in remembrance of the 26 Christians who were killed for their faith before Japan legalized the religion in the 19th century....
ICC Note: The story of Christianity in Japan over the past 500 years has not risen to the same effect of prolific evangelism and church planting that nearby world powers China and South...
ICC NOTE: There was a time when Christianity was considered a hostile western influence in Japan. Christians were persecuted like many other Southeast Asian countries. They were placed...
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