Also in Japan the covid-19 still obliges us to be cautious and prudent in holding gatherings and in meeting people. This situation has been, however, an occasion to develop further, and to practice more, virtual encounters and meetings via internet.  Also Shinmeizan has adapted to the new techniques.

This year, because of Covid-19, the annual courses on the meaning and value of human life from a religious perspective, which Shinmeizan has been holding over the last twenty years for students of the University of Industrial Medicine, have been canceled.     We fill the lack of special news for this month with the impressions and  comments sent to us by some of the young people who have stayed with us for some time this year.

Also this year, Shinmeizan took part in the yearly event organized by the Seimeizan Schweitzer Temple of Tamana to remember the unjust execution of Nishi Takeo and to continue the struggle against the death penalty.  The event was held on June 21 and 27 and, because of the persisting danger of the corona virus, it was held via internet with “ZOOM”!