The Office Transformation Once a month on a Thursday evening, the TMP office transforms into a lively ‘changing room’ for the Marunouchi Running Club. The idea for this club came from Casey Li, who has been involved in the MCT work and who loves running. Each time she invites various friends of hers to come …
Richard Kershaw Baptism Testimony Prior to co-founding my company New Furusato in 2025, I was a technology business leader for over 20 years, establishing and growing businesses and consulting practices in new markets, including Japan, the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region), Switzerland, and the People’s Republic of China. This included writing strategy, presenting to leadership …
Kanako Kinjo Makiminato Central Baptist ChurchOkinawa My name is Kanako Kinjo, and I am participating in the Samurai Projects and working at a church in Okinawa Prefecture. Previously, I worked as a staff member at a prefectural public high school. However, as I faced the struggles of students, I often found myself conflicted by the reality …
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Last week, I did the Annual Reviews for each of the Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership (TMP) staff members. Excluding me, there are eight staff at TMP, two in each of the four departments: Marunouchi Office Groups (MOGs), Samurai Projects (SPs), Marunouchi Church Tokyo (MCT), General Administration (ADM). As I was conducting the reviews for each staff …
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B.B. TMP Web Engineer Church: Tachikawa Evangelical Free ChurchWays of serving: Home Page design, Worship Live Streaming DirectorWorkplace: Worked for many years as a developer, technical sales, and product expert for a foreign software company, and is continuing his second career after retirement Encounter with God My mother is Japanese but with my father being Filipino, I received …
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Testimony in the Workplace course @ TMP office Christmas Party Invitation We will be holding our annual Christmas party this year. Let’s celebrate Christmas together on the 10th floor of Mitsubishi Building. We warmly invite you to join us. Please register via the QR code/link. Wednesday, December 10th, 6:30 PMMitsubishi Building 10th FloorParticipation Fee: ¥2,000 Registration link: https://forms.gle/XyQKDA1tnP4QKaW6ARegistration QR …
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Film Screening: “A Hidden Life” directed by Terrence Malick On Wednesday,1st October, Hirano-san led the second session of a new hobby club, Marunouchi Film Club. Through the hobby clubs, he hopes to provide a venue for Christians and those not yet Christians to mingle and get to know each other in an informal atmosphere. The film …
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Mizuki Nakamura JECA Asahi Bible Church, AichiKGK（Fellowship of Christian Students）in Aichi I am from Shizuoka Prefecture and was raised in a Christian home. During my junior high school years, I began to turn away from God. However, one day during fellowship at church, I became convinced that Jesus is truly God. When I was in a …
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As I reflect on the past couple of months, the area which I remain most thankful for is our teamwork as a Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership (TMP) staff team. I genuinely feel that we are all helping each other in so many ways, whether setting up computer applications, producing Excel sheets, preparing Powerpoint presentations, or welcoming each …
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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 …
Read more ““Looking back on the past year”【Summer 2025 Newsletter】”