Pino Cazzaniga

After she had to leave her convent because of her opposition to nuclear power, she devoted herself to the sick, old, homeless, refugees and society’s rejects. Hers is a story of real compassion in post-tsunami Japan.

The friendship between the PIME missionaries and prof. Mitsuhashi has lasted 60 years. Shinto sees reality as a sign of a Creator. Contemporary Japan is marked by this religious tradition in habits and care for nature, but modernity, work, scientific secularism leads to forgetfulness of its roots. The medicine of Christianity.

Around 48 million dollars found among the rubble and debris, all handed over to the police. Government ponders "burying" polluted material sufficient to fill 23 football stadiums. Shopping with the Geiger counter to measure radiation.

The new prime minister (who is also chairman of the Democratic Party of Japan) was voted in by the party "idealists", putting "Shogun" Ozawa in the minority, who frequently changed camps throughout his career and to date had always been victorious. The population seems appreciative.

The epicenter is in the central prefecture of Nagano. After Fukushima the country anxiously wonders how to rebuild the area affected by the earthquake and tsunami, doing without nuclear energy. From tomorrow the supply to industry will decline by 15%. For individuals it means a change in the lifestyle. The government distributes "condolence money" to those who have lost a relative. But not all accept it.

The country faces the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami. At least 25 thousand dead or missing; 126 thousand homeless and jobless people living in temporary shelters without a decent standard of living, as guaranteed by the Constitution. Need to rethink the nuclear energy policy.

The tsunami tragedy has highlighted the three characteristics that allow the Japanese people to deal with major crises: a strong collective ability to assimilate other cultures and values and higher education. And the noble acceptance of suffering together to control their own feelings.

The Japanese "paradox": is the country recalcitrant to Christianity? Domenico Miyahara, Bishop of Fukuoka, helps us to understand the particular face of Christianity in Japan. The Church is increasingly conscious of having to take on a role of service and dialogue in the context of East Asia. "

Medvedev's visit to the Kuril Islands ("Northern Territories" for Japanese) seems a premeditated act of electoral motivation, but also to create difficulties for Tokyo, in agreement with Beijing. Economic and military influence of Japan and United States in the Far East at stake.

Tensions date to September over the sovereignty Senkaku islands, uninhabited, but probably rich in gas and oil. Chinese retaliation risked jeopardizing peace in the Pacific region. But leaders of the two countries have resumed talks.

This the official definition of a meeting between Wen Jiabao and Naoto Kan ending the diplomatic row that erupted in the wake of Japan’s detention of a Chinese fishing vessel. In reality, the talks are the result of intense political and diplomatic activity aimed at the resumption of the "strategic relationship for mutual benefit."

Fears and concerns for the upcoming transfer of power to the 27 year-old Kim Jong Un, without any political experience. The Kim Dynasty brings to mind the Confucian families and is very similar to what happens in China, with the children of Party leaders.