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.
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ISAO KIKUCHI: In Japanese society, it is difficult to find tangible success in missionary activities.
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”.
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. 🎥
Shota Yamamoto's Struggle with Throat Cancer: Accepting the Situation and talking about It is admirable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MARCO GALLO: I'm really Happy 'cause I'm ganna start working on my 'Craft.
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.
PROPORTIONATE ACCOUNTABILITYThe CDC is implementing the increased screenings after travelers from #China infected people in #Thailand and #Japan.— The Jerusalem Post (@Jerusalem_Post) January 18, 2020
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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.
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.
"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."
