Church News - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Tokyo Japan Temple

  • Members rejoicing in Sapporo

    When the Tokyo Japan Temple was dedicated in October 1980, it was the only Mormon temple in the Orient. As other temples were built in the Far East, Tokyo primarily served members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan. It was centrally located in the island nation on its largest island of Honshu, but still required substantial travel for members from the southern island of Kyushu and the northern island of Hokkaido.
    Published: Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009

  • Five new temples are announced

    In the opening moments of the Church's 179th Semiannual General Conference, President Thomas S. Monson announced plans to build five new temples. With 130 temples currently operating and with another 16 in some phase of planning or construction, these five temples bring the worldwide total to 151.
    Published: Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009

  • New temple presidents

    Six new temple presidents have been called by the First Presidency, with their wives called as matrons. They will begin service soon.
    Published: Saturday, June 27, 2009

  • Koichi Aoyagi

    Biographical information
    Published: Saturday, May 30, 2009

Temples

>> All Temples

Church News Most Popular

  1. Mormon apostle once walked in their shoes as he trained for medicine
  2. Auxiliary leaders visit Mormons in southernmost city in the world
  3. Missionary Training Center presidents
  4. Enrichment Series downloads now available on the Internet
  5. Relief Society: 'a serious work'

Deseret News stories

  1. 14% of homeowners are paying late
  2. Jordan Dist. planning budget cuts
  3. Archuleta still calls Utah home
  4. Cougars take Hawaii trip
  5. Talk about faith, scholar tells Y.

MormonTimes stories

  1. David Archuleta still calls Utah home
  2. Which is higher calling: mission or UCLA?
  3. DonSense: A ride I'll never forget...sort of
  4. Mormons run with werewolves in 'New Moon'
  5. Mormon Music: Josephine Scere Dinnell

Latest Church News Stories

  1. Mormon volunteers' kimchee adds fire to 'Land of the morning calm'
  2. Idaho high school athletic administrator earns Hall of Fame recognition
  3. Young men help fill Box Elder Food Pantry's needs — and freezers
  4. Auxiliary leaders visit Mormons in southernmost city in the world
  5. Enrichment Series downloads now available on the Internet
Previous

20 Years Ago...

Next

LDS Scouts help combat hunger in U.S.

Published: Saturday, Nov. 25, 1989

Nearly 300,000 LDS Scouts were among the 4 million Scouts nationwide who gathered an estimated 100 million food items Nov. 18 in the annual Scouting for Food drive. In Utah, 27,500 Scouts -...