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(Completed) Kenji Arikawa, Executive Director, will be speaking at a lecture hosted by “Learning Peace as a Christian” at Yukinoshita Catholic Church, which will be […]

I came to Arrupe this past February, and it was the first time I had been outside in five years. When I stepped out of […]

We are planning many activities with the local community, aiming for a relationship where the residents of Arrupe and the local people of Kamakura can […]

A member of Arrupe Refugee Center was interviewed, and the article was published in the evening edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun on Monday, April […]

People from completely different cultures, who lived in completely different environments and with completely different ages and personalities living together; that is what life is […]

I was a teacher at a national technical school with study abroad experience in Japan, but was fired for criticizing the government, and left the […]

In his homeland, he was a bodyguard for a minister.  At one point, he alerted the police to a location used as a hideout for […]

There is a film about refugees, “Persona Non Grata Sugihara Chiune” (2015).  The true story of Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese person who defied the Japanese […]

Arrupe Refugee Center is celebrating its first anniversary. “We want to support the accommodation of refugees who have come to Japan!” Arrupe Refugee Center, established […]

Now, On This Human Earth (No.21) Life-saving “Refugee Recognition” and “Special Permit for Residence”  Considering the issue of long-term detention and repatriation of foreign nationals […]