We don't often think of Japan as being a part of the Christianized world, but it is. Back in the 1600's there were so many Christian sin Japan (mainly due to the work of the Jesuits) that it became a political problem for the then warlords. The city of Nagasaki was founded as a Christian city. Our brothers and sisters were terribly persecuted as the warlords sought to eradicate Christianity from the island.
Pray for Japanese Christians, as they seem to honor God as a tiny minority in a land that has lost it's way spiritually. The majority religion, Shinto, is a system of manners and superstitions that brings little enlightenment to those who follow it. There is a reason why alcoholism and suicide are such large social problems in this land of the rising sun. May The Son rise in Japan!
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