@Clement Jaeho Chung - I'm glad you like Japan! Yes, I've been or Osaka and Nara. Even though we are all Catholic, we visit a lot of Buddhist and Shinto temples too when we are there, not to pray (of course), but to visit and appreciate our culture. Believe it or not, there is some Japanese food I don't like. Personally, I don't like sashimi, but I can tolerate sushi because it's usually rolled up with rice and vegetables/seasoning so its more than just raw fish.
I'm a history teacher (I have my M.A. in History, and I know all about the sad period of Japanese history when fanatic militarists took over the country and annexed Korea in 1910 until 1945. I know they treated the Korean people very badly, and did the same in China hen they invaded Manchuria in the early 1930's. People like General Hideki Tojo were almost as bad as Hitler, because they had no regard for human life. Even though I am Japanese (but an American first), I hate what Japan did to Korea, China, and the USA (at Pearl Harbor), and believe that Japan deserved to lose badly. It is tragic that it took an atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to make Japan surrender.
We get a Korean TV channel on our cable system here in the USA, and I watched a very long drama series about Taejo Wang Geon. Very interesting. The costumes people wore at that time in Korea were very similar to those worn in China at the same time period, but not the same as Japan.
I agree with you about Bergoglio. He doesn't seem like he wants to quit, but I hope soon he is forced to. That would be great. He is the worst Pope in 500+ years.
Have a good week Clement!