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Welcome to the Japan Catholic News, your source of information about the Catholic Church in Japan. The articles on this site are translations of reports from the Katorikku Shimbun, the national Catholic weekly newspaper, and Japan-related reports from UCA News, the news agency for the Church in Asia. Articles are uploaded throughout the week, so visit us often to stay up-to-date.

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"Nippon Notes"
by William Grimm

Maryknoll Father William Grimm is former editor-in-chief of the Katorikku Shimbun, Japan's weekly Catholic newspaper.

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JAPAN'S MILLION-MEMBER CHURCH
According to a February 2005 report of the Commission for Migrants, Refugees and People on the Move, for the first time in history there are more than one million Catholics living in Japan. More than half of them come from outside the country.

The Catholic Weekly has begun an occasional series of articles, The Million-Member Church, that introduces the variety of people who are the Catholic Church in Japan.