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| | Japan - Local Catholic Church and Family History and Ancestors Genealogy Research |
 | | Japan History, by Justin Ballette and Francois Ligneul, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII, by Robert Appleton Company, 1910, Online Edition, by Kevin Knight, 1999. |
 | | - Japan, called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan)...On 15 August, 1549, St. Francis Xavier arrived in Japan, at the port of Kagoshima in Kiusiu, with two companions and three neophytes. |
 | | By the boldness of his preaching, his sanctity, and his miracles, he renewed the marvels of the Apostolic age. |
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