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Shine On! Kids ~ Executive Fight Night V - June 19, 2015

Executive Fight Night V

We’re often urged to fight for a good cause, but rarely is the imperative so literal. On June 19, sixteen incredible men and women will take to the ring at the Grand Hyatt Tokyo as part of the Tony Evans and deVere Group Executive Fight Night V to raise money for Shine On! Kids. What moves these individuals to commit to the fight, to the rigorous process of training, to the inevitable injuries? Metropolis sat down with four of the fighters to find out what drives them.

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June 19
Grand Hyatt Tokyo
Tickets available at
ticketing@ginjaninjas.com

Shine On! Kids (formerly the Tyler Foundation) is dedicated to making life better for kids with cancer and other serious illnesses in Japan and their families. Incorporated as an NPO, we are supported entirely by the generosity of our individual and corporate sponsors.

Thanks to each and every supporter, out of the 9,000 NPOs in Tokyo, Shine On! Kids is one of eight officially certified by the Japanese government. (as of December 7th, 2012)
Certified NPO certification (PDF)

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Daniel Westberg ~ Renewing Moral Theology

Renewing Moral Theology

Christian Ethics as Action, Character and Grace

By Daniel A. Westberg

"Daniel Westberg provides a much-needed accessible contemporary Anglican guide to moral theology, but he does much more. Focused on virtue and bringing together the wisdom of Catholic and evangelical traditions, his exposition of Scripture and Aquinas provides readers with a biblical Thomist ethic. This book's moral theology will renew both the minds and lives of Christian disciples and the church's witness in the world." 

—Andrew Goddard, associate director, Kirby Laing Institute for Christian Ethics, Cambridge

Daniel A. Westberg (DPhil, Oxford University) is professor of ethics and moral theology at Nashotah House, a seminary of the Episcopal Church in Nashotah, Wisconsin. He grew up in Japan where his parents were missionaries.

Read more: http://www.ivpress.com/cgi-ivpress/author.pl/author_id=7047#ixzz3ZbQPcOcu

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Shinzo Abe at US Congress

Published on Apr 29, 2015

 

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe called for closer ties between the U.S. and Japan in his address to a joint session of congress Wednesday. Abe also expressed "eternal condolences" for the American lives lost fighting Japan in World War II.

"On behalf of Japan and the Japanese people, I offer with profound respect my eternal condolences to the souls of all American people that were lost during World War II," he said.

"History is harsh. What's done cannot be undone," Abe said recalling his visit to the National World War II Memorial. "With deep repentance in my heart, I stood there in silent prayers".