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Friday April 13, 2007

Japan:

Fukuoka family cult members request pension payments from beyond the grave

A belief in resurrection may not have been the only reason five skeletons were kept in a Japanese house.
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Wednesday April 4, 2007

Japan:

Mummified corpses found in Japan

Police in western Japan are investigating five badly decomposed human bodies found lying in a house, apparently because of a belief in resurrection, officials and a news report said Wednesday.
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Tuesday September 12, 2006

Japan:

The Japanese Jesus trail

A Japanese legend claims that Jesus escaped Jerusalem and made his way to Aomori in Japan where he became a rice farmer. Christians say the story is nonsense. However, a monument there known as the Grave of Christ attracts curious visitors from all over the world.
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Thursday June 1, 2006

Japan:

Japan is proud home of Christ’s tomb

In A paddy-lined valley in the far north of Japan is a municipal signpost inscribed: “Tomb of Christ: next left.”
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Wednesday December 15, 2004

Japan:

When Jesus walked in Japan

While the thoughts of the world's Christians turn to events in Bethlehem 2,000 years ago, the inhabitants of a little village a few hours' drive from Tokyo prefer another version of the Greatest Story Ever Told. David McNeill reports
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Sunday December 24, 2000

Japan:

Japanese Town Claims Tomb of Christ

SHINGO, Japan (AP) _ Nearly 2,000 years ago, a man fled for his life from the Middle East, crossing Siberia and Alaska before living out his days in this snowbound hamlet in northern Japan. The tale is fanciful enough, but even more so when townspeople tell you the name of the visitor they say is buried here: Jesus Christ.
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