The University of Santo Tomas will commemorate the fourth centenary of the martyrdom of Justus Takayama Ukon, the first lay Japanese Christian missionary in the country, with a public lecture on Feb. 28, 2 pm, at the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex Auditorium.

 

The lecturer is Florentino Hornedo, chair holder of the Lord Justus Takayama Professorial Chair on Philippine-Japanese Studies, which was established in 1989 in UST by Ernie De Pedro, a devotee of Takayama.

 

At present, the Office for Grants, Endowments and Partnerships in Higher Education and the UST Graduate...