מַפְתֵּחַ

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Paraphrasing conversation with Pakistani Deli owner this morning.

Pakistani: "Are you a Keymaker?"
Filipino: No.
Pakistani: Are you sure, because, Yesterday, the Smiling Black man pointed to you and said you were a Keymaker.

BEETLEJUICE

Pakistani Deliman: Mister Juice Man 🧃

אָשֵׁר

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PARENTHOOD

TAMLYN NAOMI TOMITA: I’m only a quarter. My mother is Hapa, she’s Ilokano. She just made adobo last night. We bought everything, the sugar, the vinegar, the chicken, and the pork too. People don’t like pork except us Filipinos.

yahoo.com/news/ancient-roman-coins-unearthed-japan-castle-055500981.html

"It is said if you clean a certain part of the statue it will heal the corresponding part of your Body."

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euronews (in English): The interaction between the patient and Carer can facilitate good health.

HAILEE STEINFELD

ROBERT MICHAEL SCHNEIDER

BEASTIE BOYS

MICHAEL SCHWARTZ

MICHAEL JOHN TUMANGUIL PESTANO BUSTOS

BRANDON MICHAEL VERA

PETER GENE HERNANDEZ

ISAO KIKUCHI: In Japanese society, it is difficult to find tangible success in missionary activities.

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Veneration of the Dead ie Memorials is something that is difficult to escape in all cultures, but, I think, the question Missionaries should ask themselves is: where do the Japanese fit into the Wedding Banquet table?

PIA ALONZO ROMERO Y WURTZBACH

"These stone steps were at the entrance to the Hiroshima Branch of the Sumitomo Bank. Exposed to the atomic explosion at close range, the person sitting on the steps waiting for the bank to open is thought to have died on the spot with no possibility of escape. The intense heat of the A-bomb turned the steps whitish; the stone under the sitting person remained dark, like a shadow. Several families have suggested that the person killed on the steps may have been one of their own."

坂本龍

DEVIN WATKINS: Early this week, the government announced that it would recognize the Pope with the Japanese characters 教皇, transliterated as Kyō-kō, rather than 法王, pronounced Hōō. Kyō-ō means something like “Emperor of Teaching or Doctrine”. The previous Hōō is similar to the term used for the highest ranking official in Buddhism, and means “Emperor of Law”.

JORGE MARIO BERGOGLIO

english.kyodonews.net/news/2019/11/8591e9ea1921-full-text-of-popes-message-in-nagasaki.html

takayamaukon.com/2019/05/14/tokyo-cathedral-installs-altar-statue-of-blessed-takayama

CHRISTAL WHELAN: The ceremonial tray is set for three, but as Iwamura is the only Priest left in the Village, just one Cup is emptied. [long beat] Iwamura takes Pride in the elegance and the accuracy with which he enacts Otaiya [Christmas Eve]. My idea of making a Film record of what had been a Secret ceremony appealed to Iwamura. As secrecy itself had become a Dogma, he was frightened to reveal what they had long kept Hidden. In The End, this seemed Better than losing It entirely.

MARTIN CHARLES SCORSESE SILENCE

RANIEL BERDOS: The Japanese church is young in Tokyo. Perhaps here you'll be able to integrate if you observe and be silent. In silence, you will be able to understand the words [between] the lines.

オンライン予約

TIMOTHY NIROZZI: On Sundays, Raniel Berdos can be found strolling the aisles of St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo. Raniel is a missionary to Japan, from the Philippines. By the time the church is beginning to clear out, he's been approached by no less than a dozen parishioners -- many of them older “Church ladies,” eager to talk about this or that happening behind the scenes at the parish. 🎥

FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA WINERY

MIKI YAKATA: Any words of sympathy can be really Comforting. Please Help patients with your words.

JASON FRANCESCO SCHWARTZMAN

Shota Yamamoto's Struggle with Throat Cancer: Accepting the Situation and talking about It is admirable.

chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/15996/showrashi/true/jewish/Chapter-65.htm#v20

euronews (in English): International collaboration will be key to maximize the potential of Digital Health Innovation and prepare a future society with a 100 year life expectancy.

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LOST IN TRANSLATION

速水 もこみち

KING RODRIGUEZ/PRESIDENTIAL PHOTO: President Duterte bids farewell to one of the chefs of a hotel in Tokyo, Japan before heading to Haneda International Airport on his way home on October 22, 2019.

RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE SARA ZIMMERMAN DUTERTE~CARPIO

SEBASTIAN ZIMMERMAN DUTERTE: Today, for the first time, I come, here, before You, as a Public Servant. It is an appelation which is New to me, but which I am very eager to assume. I come here ~ armed ~ with my fervent desire to serve.

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Witnessing the enthronement of Emperor Naruhito 🇯🇵

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Nadhiya Nâtaline: Such an elegant and graceful event. Imagine how lucky we are to witness this once in a lifetime event. May peace be forever in Japan and for the Japanese people.

DARREN EVERETT CRISS

AZTLANNA

BENIGNO SIMEON COJUANGCO AQUINO III

From Personal experience, paraphrasing DOM BENEDICT HARDY OSB: Unlike the Angels, we human beings are capable of maintaining an uninterrupted and undistracted focus of attention on the Lord. The Angels need some alternating rhythm in our day. The Angels need to use our bodies. The Angels need to have something to do. Some simple manual work, ideally of the sort that occupies the hands but leaves the mind free, has a place in monastic life no less important than Psalmody or silence or fasting.

宮内庁

ADAM RASGON: Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו reportedly planned to attend the enthronement as well but later decided not to travel to Tokyo amid the ongoing political stalemate in Jerusalem that has left him unable to form a governing coalition.

Duterte is really a Rivera. It feels like Sunday, all ready!

安倍 晋三

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DEAN GEORGE TANAKA

KIRK BONDAD

MARCO GALLO: I'm really Happy 'cause I'm ganna start working on my 'Craft.

Akko Din. She's quite the Diplomat.

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MIDWAY DARREN EVERETT CRISS

DICKINSON

BUMBLEBEE

Yoshitaka Oishi, Masaichi Kawasaki, and Sakae Doi

ISHIKAWA AKITO: The missionaries were not simply men of religion, but political figures with an important economic and military influence. They rapidly became a powerful faction that was impossible to ignore.

YASUO WATANABE: It could become Dangerous.

YASUO WATANABE: the emperor might be used. The right wing element remains very strong in Japanese society. Most people are of a conservative mind and they can be easily swayed, again.

saltandlighttv.org/blogfeed/getpost.php?id=59171

The CDC is implementing the increased screenings after travelers from #China infected people in #Thailand and #Japan.
Report by @ImRachelWolf https://t.co/9BY8P3Zqfi

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 18, 2020

PROPORTIONATE ACCOUNTABILITY

KRISTINE SABILLO: Chinese state media reported that it is a new coronavirus. 

Its name is derived from the Latin word corona, which means halo or crown, because of the appearance of the virus under a microscope.

LUIS ANTONIO GOKIM TAGLE

takayamaukon.com/2017/12/27/new-artwork-about-blessed-takayama-de-manila-by-filipino-artists

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ISHIKAWA AKITO: In fact, the relationship between the Japanese people and Christianity is still quite short. It is only since the enactment of the current Constitution following World War II that true freedom of religion has been guaranteed in Japan. Perhaps a wider-ranging, more comprehensive engagement with the religion still lies in the future.

AMBETH R. OCAMPO: Seventy-five years ago today saw the destruction of Manila, and with it thousands of civilians murdered by Japanese soldiers who, facing sure death or capture, decided to drag everyone down into hell with them. No one was spared: the old, the infirm, women, children, and even defenseless infants. Germans allied with Japan were not exempt: They were killed seeking refuge in the Spanish Consulate, the Casino Español, and the German Club. 

It was the Japanese who entered the Red Cross and killed patients, doctors, and nurses. More than 90 percent of churches or religious buildings in the city were destroyed, even if these held no military purpose and were filled with refugees.

ADEPTUS ASTARTES: Greetings from the Philippines !

STRANGE LOVE: may the sun always rise in the east

KAGEMUSHA TAIKO 🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁🎁

#Israeli tech company #Aquarius Engines announced its deal to develop the engine with #Japanese auto parts maker Musashi Seimitsu, which is 25% held by @Honda.https://t.co/XxjcRh4JT3

— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) December 15, 2019

ISHIKAWA AKITO: Christianity in those days was not simply a religion, but a social and economic force with the potential to shake the foundations of Japanese politics and society.

FILIPINO~JAPANESE JOURNAL

DAVID ROBERT JOSEPH BECKHAM

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"U.S. soldiers care for a Filipino infant who had suffered from bayonet wounds to the face by retreating Japanese forces during the Battle of Leyte. Southern Leyte Province, Leyte island, Philippines. November 1944."