Concern has been expressed about ‘hot spots’, created as a result of disbursement of radiation, by wind, rain, e.g., Chiba prefecture, in spite of the considerable distance from the nuclear power plant at Fukushima.   A team has been organised to advocate for the protection of children, specifically, from the affects of radiation, with a read more…

More than 150 Nazarenes have volunteered in the Church’s disaster response efforts in east Japan. More than half of all of our congregations in Japan have contributed either by sacrificial giving, or by sending volunteers. After an intensive weekly schedule of teams, our disaster relief co-ordinators have scaled back the frequency to monthly.   Approximately read more…

Taken from a chat conversation with Dr. Makoto “Mark” Sakamoto, President of Japan Nazarene Theological Seminary   As the number of people reported dead or missing as a result of last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami tops the 12,000 mark, Japanese Nazarenes are ministering to those who are hurting in their communities. Dr. Makoto “Mark” Sakamoto, read more…

A tsunami has raged across the northern Pacific coast of Japan on Friday 11 March, 2011, after a quake measuring 8.9. Four to ten metre waves, a wall of water, have swamped the Miyagi prefecture, the city of Sendai. The city of Tokyo  and surrounding areas have been brought to a halt, with power outages read more…

As we approach the first anniversary of the east Japan earthquake / tsunami, there are many needs. Continue to pray for the following: strategies to reduce the on-going risk of radiation, particularly to the vulnerable, including children re-building of homes and churches recruitment and co-ordination of monthly volunteer work teams pen-pal partnerships between Japanese elementary schools read more…