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Japan Harvest magazine

Encouraging, inspiring, and equipping
the members of the JEMA community

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 John Edwards

God-provided connections in rural community

Introductions and relationships with local people speed up the process of building a network and trust

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Susan Jane Smith

The mayor and the mafia

Coffee shop ministry brings in a wide swath of the community

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Susan Jane Smith

Obstacle or opportunity?

A look at the challenges and opportunities in rural ministry

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Ian Smith

The rural dilemma

Encouraging young Christians to live in the countryside can help tackle the biological and spiritual fertility crisis

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Kenji Kondo

From rural Mie and back again

How one missionary was led back to his birthplace in rural Mie to help build Christian networks to reach the whole prefecture

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Dawn Birkner

Adapting to changing needs for mission in Japan

As the church becomes established in certain areas of Japan, foreign missions should increasingly turn their focus to the 1,640 communities without any church

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Dawn Birkner

Rural Japan: Will our generation take up the call?

We’ve reached a stage where mission work in Japan needs to shift its focus to rural areas

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Dawn Birkner

Fourteen years on from 2011’s triple disaster

We can learn from Iwate: intentional relational engagement and service within rural communities will open the door to the gospel

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Linda Grimms

Act now!

A call to pray for rural Japan outreach

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Marla Ayatsuka

Church at your doorstep!

Finding a good church in a rural area can seem impossible. What if we could take church to the people?

Feature Article

Autumn 2025 Kari Miyano

City girl goes country

How God is growing my heart for rural Japan

General Article

Autumn 2025 Jan Potter

Encouraging women ministering in Japan

Thirty-three years later, thJEMA women’s retreat is still flourishing

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Stephen Morris

A light for Jesus in Japan

Pastor Ester Wahrer has served for over 50 years as a missionary in Japan, and God has been faithful

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Helane Ramsay

Teaching our kids about staying safe

Daiji Daiji Doko Da? だいじだいじどこだ?

Regular Article

Spring 2025 (anonymous)

My journey living in rural Japan

Emmanuel is in the beauty and challenges of rural Japan

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Simon Pleasants

Cultural lessons from Valentine’s Day

The celebration of Valentine’s Day in Japan reveals a lot about Japanese culture

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Robert Adair

Collaboration and the fruit of ministry

Our fruit grows on other people’s trees

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Nathan Snow

So who actually runs JEMA?

Let’s open the virtual hood of JEMA and take a look at the engine that drives it!

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Steve Manders

Coaching as leaders

Becoming better leaders through a coaching habit

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Mark Maxwell

A long walk in the right way

Being steadfast and faithful in prayer impacts those around us

Regular Article

Autumn 2025 Wendy Marshall

Take it easy on the -ing and -ly words

When I started to get serious about improving my writing, it didn’t take long to...

News Article

Autumn 2025

Two Christian bookstores relocate in Kansai

Bookstores across Japan are facing hard times. A mix of factors have hit the industry,...

News Article

Autumn 2025

Interdenominational joint baptism in Okinawa

Ongoing cooperation for revival including training and practice

Feature Article

Summer 2025 Jon Robison

Neighbor-ology as a mission strategy

Sharing Christ by prioritizing our neighbor and allowing them to make a claim on us

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