The Bishop of Nagasaki invites all Anglicans to join in the prayer to commemorate the victims of nuclear weapon
04 August 2000
The Archbishop of Kenya, the Most Revd David Gitari, led a small group to Japan recently in an attempt to persuade the Japanese government to cancel the debt owed by governments in Africa to overseas banks.
30 May 2000
Rikkyo University in Japan was founded by the American bishop Channing Moore Williams in 1874, since when it has upheld the importance of a Christian education. As part of the 125th Anniversary events, an exhibition of "The Bible and Japanese Culture" was held on the University campus in Tokyo.
19 January 2000
The Anglican Church in Japan has voted to ordain women to the priesthood.
26 June 1998
We announce with deep sorrow the passing away of the Right Reverend James T. Yashiro, Primate of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai and Bishop of the Diocese of Kitakanto. He passed away at 11:40 pm on March 12 in Murayama Hospital near his residence at the age of 65. He succumbed to respiratory failure after a long illness.
21 March 1997
Japan's Anglican bishops have vetoed moves to ordain women as priests. According to the Church Times, in London, the General Synod of Japan's Anglican Church, Nippon Sei Ko Kai, rejected moves to ordain women priests after the bishops voted six to four against the proposal.
02 July 1996
Nearly a year after the great Hanshin earthquake devastated large areas of Kobe and Osaka in Japan, the Anglican Church in Japan made a report on the situation in the country.
03 February 1996