“Homo Affectus”Directed by Hiroyuki Oda The Marunouchi Movie Club is one of the six “Hobby Clubs” that Hirano started in 2025, and it has now been running for a year. We watch a film selected by the club’s leader Hiroyuki Oda, who is himself a film director, and afterwards we share our thoughts and impressions with …
Aki Sugawara Workplace: I joined Astemo, Ltd. (a large Japanese automobile parts company) in 2021, and work in corporate communications out of our corporate headquarters near Tokyo Station. Church: Horizon Chapel Setagaya (non-denominational) Ways I serve on Sundays: Sunday music team leading, message translation, video recordings Marunouchi Office Group:I co-lead one of the 14 Marunouchi Office Groups, called TGIF …
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Kaori Omoto Toyosu Community Church (Tokyo)Youth ministry, Children’s ministry & One-to-one ministry My name is Kaori Omoto, and I am taking part in the Samurai Projects in Tokyo. Alongside my studies in the Samurai Projects, I am serving as an intern at Toyosu Community Church. I grew up with an atheist father and a devout Buddhist …
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A few weeks ago, at the beginning of September (Tuesday 8th), we had our quarterly Board meeting for Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership (TMP). At this Board meeting we reflected on the progress of the TMP activities over the first half of the year. And so, we had each of the TMP team leaders (Makito Miyashita – …
Read more “Greetings from Thierry Richards【Autumn 2026 Newsletter】”
by Thierry and Kailene It is a remarkable joy to see the LORD at work. There are many Psalms of rejoicing at seeing the LORD’s works, whether in creation, in salvation, or in His comfort and protection and provision and guidance for His people. The story of the wedding of Motonori Matsuzaki at Kailene Falls …
Read more “Motonori and Kailene Matsuzaki’s wedding【Spring/Summer 2026 Newsletter】”
As all of the regular Marunouchi Office Groups (MOGs) meetings, Samurai Projects (SPs) training sessions, and Marunouchi Church Tokyo (MCT) activities have been continuing, the General Administration (ADM) team has been working hard to finish preparing the Tokyo Marunouchi Partnership (TMP) Annual Report for 2025, in order to share with people what the LORD has …
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Teruyuki Ibata I first met Thierry when I was in primary school, back when I accompanied my father, a pastor, to the Imperial Palace for a prayer walk. At a time when we didn’t see nearly as many foreign tourists as we do now, the opportunity to meet a “foreigner” was rare, so the memory …
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Makoto Kawaguchi Graduated Samurai Projects in March 2026Kamoi Bible Church (Yokohama) About three years ago, as I prayed and sought the Lord’s will for how I could serve Him and others, He shone His light on my heart and revealed that I was unable to love Japan and the churches in Japan. Perhaps some of …
Read more “Reflections on Two Years of Grace and Gratitude【Spring/Summer 2026 Newsletter】”
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 …