“Looking back on the past year”【Summer 2025 Newsletter】

Andy Duncan Marunouchi Church Tokyo Assistant As I reflect on my first year let me begin by expressing my deep gratitude and respect for all that I have been privileged to participate in with Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership. As I reflect, I am struck by how each aspect of the organization – from the Marunouchi Office Groups …

Marunouchi Church Tokyo Report【Summer 2025 Newsletter】

Takaaki Hirano MCT Co-Pastor  I. Wednesday Night MCT Worship Service In June 2025, MCT began a new challenge. In addition to our monthly Sunday morning worship service in a larger venue in Marunouchi, we have started a smaller Wednesday evening service in our TMP office that is even easier for businesspeople working in and around Marunouchi …

Participating in Samurai Projects Classes【Summer 2025 Newsletter】

Mari Tanaka TMP General Affairs AssistantHigashifushimi Evangelical Christ Church (West Tokyo) This is my third year working as a general affairs assistant for the Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership. Every week, when the Samurai students visit the office, I feel excited from the moment I wake up. The joyful laughter of the young people fills the air, and …

Samurai Projects “Testimony about the Retreat”【Summer 2025 Newsletter】

Yuki HanakiMustard Seed Christian Church Tokyo (Harajuku) Hello, I’m Yuki! For a long time, I had no hope in life, but when I moved to Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture for work, I heard the gospel of Jesus Christ for the first time and decided to follow Him as a Christian. After returning to my hometown …

Greetings from Thierry Richards (Senior Partner)【2025 Summer Newsletter】

July and August in Tokyo have been hot, but they have also been a wonderful season of connection. Over the past few months, I have had the privilege of meeting individually with many friends and partners to share the Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership (TMP) 2024 Annual Report. These times together have been deeply encouraging—not only as we …

Marunouchi Office Groups【Summer 2025 Newsletter】

Testimony in the Workplace seminar participant — Yoshinobu Iwata  Church: New Urayasu Church of Christ (Reformed Church in Japan) Ways I serve on Sundays: Sunday School (teenage  kids), Sunday Service leading, Sunday Service preaching Workplace: It has been 21 years since I joined LIXIL Corporation. I am in the Material Technology Product Development Department. I mainly work at Osaki, Shinagawa, near …