Takamatsu is a beautiful city on the island of Shikoku, facing Japan’s Inland Sea. It was a much smaller country town when Ralph and Stella Cox arrived 58 years ago to begin planting churches. Read More

Close to 16,000 people dead and 3,500 people still missing. Wreckage equivalent to 30 years’ worth of garbage gathered and stacked in ‘mountains’ awaiting disposal. It has been a year since Japan’s magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami which hit 500 kilometers (311 miles) of Japan’s north-east coast line. The world may have moved on but TEAM missionaries wonder if life will ever be the same in Japan. Read More

Instilling knowledge. Influencing lives. Building character. Living Christ day by day in front of your students. All of these are a part of teaching and coaching in a Christian school. Read More

Halloween is gaining popularity in Japan but “trick-or-treating” is not yet a common practice. However, since the American School in Japan is located in our neighborhood, our area has become famous for “trick-or-treating”. Although I don’t personally want to promote Halloween, I’m also not one to miss out on a huge evangelism opportunity! Read More

Back in 2009, we met Mr. Tsuchiya, an elderly gentleman who was actively involved in the community. Mr. Tsuchiya was interested in English and some months later, he and several other seniors started attending Agape’s monthly English Cafe. Read More

Since moving to Tokyo almost three years ago, the vision of the Tokyo Metro Ministry Initiative (TMMI) has been to create a place, established in the local community to meet and build relation-ships with people. A place that provides unique opportunities to share the gospel. In October of 2009 we opened the doors to SonRise Café during the week and to SonRise Church each Sunday. Read More

For Such A Time As This

March 11 changed the psyche and coastline of a nation.

On March 11, at 2:46 p.m. local time, an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude struck Japan.

This is just one of the doors that family issues open in Japan.