While Oura Church in Nagasaki Prefecture has roots in the 1860s, the final version of the cathedral that we can see today was completed in 1879. Along with the accompanying Christian Museum, Oura Church is both a functioning institution with regular services as well as a memorial to the persecution of Christians in…
A candidate backed by the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has a slight lead over a rival fielded by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in an Upper House by-election on the main island of Shikoku, an Asahi Shimbun analysis shows.