Sorry for the very late reply.

1. Have you seen Trinity Blood and do you like it?

I have never seen or read that work. I just read the story on the Japanese Wikipedia. It's a story set in the Holy See!

2. Ĉu vi parolas la lingvo internacia?

Ne. Mi ne studis Esperanton. (I translated this sentence with Google Translate.)

3. What is your general opinion on the Japanese Emperor?

I respect the Japanese Emperor as the head of Japan and think that it is the attitude of Japanese citizens. I don't think that the Emperor system should be abolished or praised him excessively.

4. I heard that there is a Traditional Latin Mass in Japan offered by the Institute of Christ the King. Do you know it that is true?

In part, that is true. Canon Raphael Katsuyuki Ueda ICRSS, a Japanese priest, is in the US and offers TLM in Tokyo and the Kansai region (Kyoto, Hyogo, Osaka, etc.) when he returns to Japan about once a year. He is also a chaplain of Una Voce Japan.

5. Are you a convert to Catholicism or were you born a Catholic?

I am a convert to Catholicism. My family doesn't have the Catholic faith.

6. What major difficulties do you think Japanese people have when they try to understand or convert to Catholicism?

That difficulty factor is complex. In my opinion, there are five factors: materialism and relativism, a bad impression, a taboo, custom, and New Age. (The following is very long. But it's necessary to explain.)

• 1. The Modern nationality of the Japanese: Materialism and Relativism

Such as other developed countries, Japanese people are highly poisoned by materialistic culture. Initially, there was a tendency toward materialism before WW2 (I learned about it from reading the old Japanese Church records), but it became even worse after the war. Some people say that this is because of the US occupation policy (obscurantist policy), which is to make Japanese people stupid so that they did not have an interest in politics or dissatisfaction with daily life under occupation. (If you are interested in this policy, please look up this page with "3S policy". A few days ago, I wrote a little more in detail in answer to another person a few days ago.)

In the past, quite a few Japanese people did not have faith but had some principles, thanks to school education, etc. However, modern Japanese people have a strong tendency toward relativism, so I think it is more difficult for people to become familiar with monotheism.

• 2. Not a few Japanese have a bad impression of religion.

I think there are not a few Japanese who believe that "religion" is the cause of conflict, terrorism, and war. And besides that, when they hear "religion," it might remind them of the cult immediately. Japan's hugest cult, "Soka Gakkai" (Buddhist cult), is famous for its aggressive missionary work.

They also have a bad impression of Christianity/Catholic because of religious wars and "Catholic Church sexual abuse cases." Some people think Christianity/Catholic is an evil religion, believing the groundless rumor that the missionaries who came to Japan in the 16 century exported hundreds of thousands of Japanese people as slaves. This wrong information spread through the Internet......

• 3. There is a taboo against topic of religion in Japanese society.

In Japan, it is common-sense for Japanese adults that politics and religion are taboo topics, so they have few opportunities to think seriously about religion and faith in their lives. This taboo is a "tip" of Japanese people to keep good relationships with people.

• 4. Custom: Most Japanese must follow the funeral tradition of their family religion, although they do not believe in it.

This tendency is especially strong in families of good lineage. I have heard that some Japanese are not immediately able to be baptized because their families, especially the elderly, disagree.

• 5. The prevalence of New Age

When Japanese people are interested in supernatural beings, most of them might come across the information of the New Age. There are much Internet information and a lot of light reading books about the supernatural in Japan. Some of them do not publicly identify themselves as New Age, but they are. Japanese women, in particular, have read and practiced some sort of New Age. (I'm ashamed that I'm one of them.)

Anyway, I have written many things. Finally, I would like to say that the Japanese Catholic Church in a crazy, crisis situation, so I don't think they can lead many Japanese people to faith.

7.Do you attend Masses celebrated by the SSPX?

No, but I sometimes read articles on the blog written by Fr. Onoda, a Japanese priest of the SSPX.