Internet History Sourcebooks: Modern HistoryModern History Sourcebook: St. Francis Xavier: Letter from Japan, to the Society of Jesus in Europe, 1552 May the grace and charity of our Lord Jesus Christ be ever with us! Amen. By the favor of God we all arrived at Japan in perfect health on the 15th of August, 1549. We landed at Cagoxima, the native place of our companions. We were received in the most friendly way by all the people of the cit
