Japan

Japan Emperor’s New Year event canceled to help quake rescue operations

January 4, 2024

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 8, 2022

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 5, 2022

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 9, 2021

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 2, 2021

The Age of Faith When the Nobility Were the First to Die for God

June 17, 2021

Faithful to Their Nobility, But Even More to the Faith

May 20, 2021

No Dowry? It Is Enough That She Is the Daughter of a Martyr

April 29, 2021

“I Will Not Abjure the Faith to Marry a Princess—Not Even for the Whole World”

April 15, 2021

“Learn of Me to Sacrifice Your Life Rather Than Abandon Your Faith.”

March 25, 2021

Martyrdom of Joram Macama, Fearless Warrior

March 11, 2021

The Noble Yemondono and His Family Are Martyred for the Faith

March 4, 2021

Two Noble Japanese Boy-Martyrs

February 4, 2021

Heroic Prince Ucondono Met the Persecution Head-On

January 21, 2021

Two Young Japanese Princes Embrace Martyrdom but Refuse to Renounce the Faith

January 14, 2021

Mary, Fearless Noble Japanese Lady, Rebukes the Apostate King of Bungo

December 17, 2020

Heaven Sends a Sign to Warn the King of Arima That a Great Persecution of Catholics in Japan Was Approaching

December 10, 2020

Father Vieira Shakes the Emperor’s Pagan Convictions, and Is Then Martyred

December 3, 2020

December 3 – St. Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies

November 30, 2020

Thirty-two Japanese Nobles Burned Alive for the Faith

November 26, 2020

Emperor Naruhito proclaims his younger brother as crown prince

November 12, 2020

A Japanese Noble Family Is Martyred for the Faith

November 12, 2020

Nobleman Paul Xiquibu Receives the Palm of Martyrdom

October 22, 2020

Francis Sintaro, a Young Japanese Lord, Is Martyred for the Faith

September 10, 2020

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 3, 2020

James, Japan’s Noble Four-Year-Old Martyr

August 6, 2020

Mary Jagera, a Japanese Noble Lady, and Eighteen Children, Japanese Martyrs

July 23, 2020

Law proposed to change Japanese Imperial succession

November 21, 2019

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 9, 2019

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 5, 2019

By tradition, Japanese imperial succession follows the male bloodline

July 18, 2019

Poll: Majority of Japanese support female succession

May 16, 2019

Emperor Akihito becomes first Japanese monarch to abdicate in 200 years

May 2, 2019

Emperor Naruhito Takes the Throne, and a New Era Arrives in Japan

May 2, 2019

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 10, 2018

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 3, 2018

Japanese Imperial Succession

January 25, 2018

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 7, 2017

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 4, 2017

Japanese Imperial Family: Setting an example for their people in video released for New Year’s Day

January 5, 2017

Prince Mikasa, younger brother of former Japanese Emperor Hirohito, dies at 100

November 3, 2016

September 11 – Burned slowly to death at Nagasaki

September 8, 2016

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 5, 2016

United Nations unsuccessful in changing Japan law of succession

March 24, 2016

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 3, 2015

The Amazing Hiroshima Eight

August 6, 2015

What One Lie Can Do

July 23, 2015

A Silver Wedding Anniversary in the Japanese Imperial Family

June 29, 2015

September 6 – Blessed Thomas Tsuji

September 4, 2014

Emperor and Empress have now visited every leprosy sanitarium in Japan

July 28, 2014

Emperor asked to fly over stricken nuclear plant

June 16, 2014

Emperor Commemorates Great East Japan Earthquake

March 13, 2014

Parts of Imperial Palace will allow public visitors for the first time

December 19, 2013

Emperor will visit the “country of heaven”

November 28, 2013

Catholic-educated Empress Michiko celebrates birthday

October 21, 2013

Crown Prince and Princess of Japan visit Fukushima refugees

September 26, 2013

Spanish town visited by Samurai 400 years ago receives Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito

June 20, 2013

Emperor Akihito having complications from heart surgery

March 26, 2012