Yamanaka, Japan – June 2024 – The Salesian Province of Japan (GIA) concluded the Provincial Chapter held at the FMA retreat house in Yamanaka, at the foot of Mount Fuji, two hours from Tokyo on 6 June. The 2024 Provincial Chapter involved 24 Chapter members who completed five fruitful days under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. Various topics were discussed and approved, such as suggestions for the next GC29 and for the reshaping of the GIA Province: recommendations of the GIA Province on the core areas of the GC29; criteria for the restructuring of works; partial revision of the Provincial Directory. In addition, exchange of opinions on the concrete process for the Extraordinary Provincial Chapter 2025 to achieve the reshaping according to the approved criteria; exchange of ideas on how to make a Salesian brother head of the community; report and exchange of opinions on the centenary of the arrival of the Salesians in Japan. Time for free discussion on the relevant problems of the GIA Province proved to be very useful. Before the closing of the Provincial Chapter, on 6 June Fr Joseph Phuoc, Councillor for the East Asia-Oceania Region, presided over the installation ceremony of the new Superior of the GIA Province, Fr Francis Assisi Hamasaki Atsushi.