70th anniversary hi-b.a. conference
Vision for all 47 prefectures Two missionaries, Ken Clark and John Meyer, started hi-b.a. Japan...
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Unyielding faith and ministry in the midst of severe persecution
In the 1930s, when Japan was about to plunge into war against China, one Christian...
Missionaries in Japan: A snapshot in space and time
These infographics show how Protestant missionaries are distributed in Japan and Tokyo and how their...
Lessons from Japan’s early Christians
Last year, I joined a tour of the filming location for Silence, a movie based...
Karuizawa: the end of an era
Northwest of Tokyo lies a mountain city that has a rich missionary history
Remembering the Reformation
On October 31, 1517, 33-year-old monk and theology professor Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to...
KGK celebrates its 70th anniversary
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Tokyo’s Waseda University didn’t have enough classrooms....
If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands
In the summer of 2016, 71 years after the end of the Pacific War, If...
Overcoming the chain of hatred and vengeance
A special NHK program, Futari no Shokuzai Nihon to America—Nikushimi o Koete (The Atonement of...
The man who saved 6,000 Jews
Last year, a DVD titled Three Christians Who Lived During the Turbulent Times of the 20th...
Popular drama heroine embraced Christianity
In the Meiji Era, when women were still treated as if they were men’s belongings,...
Apostles to Japan: Ralph Cox and Joseph Meeko
As a missionary myself, I had repeatedly heard of Joseph Meeko and Ralph Cox. But...
Theology of Culture in a Japanese Context: A Believers’ Church Perspective
Atsuyoshi Fujiwara (Pickwick Publications, 2012). 105 pp. Atsuyoshi Fujiwara, professor of theology at Seigakuin University...
The Bell of Peace echoes in Tokyo
68 years have passed since the nuclear bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Tokiwadai...
Symposium with three witnesses of WWII
A symposium to commemorate the end of World War II was held on August 13,...
An Opinion on Corporal Punishment and Bullying
Corporal punishment has been a big media topic this year. Why does corporal punishment never...
A brief history of Protestant Bible translations into Japanese
(Updated from the article originally published in the Spring 2010 Japan Harvest) 1. Translation efforts under the...