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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Read more “Samurai Projects “Testimony about the Retreat”【Summer 2025 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 …
Read more “Greetings from Thierry Richards (Senior Partner)【2025 Summer 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 …
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Naomi Tamanuki TMP Administration Leader Introduction: Naomi Tamanuki joined the TMP staff team in December 2024 as head of General Administration. But even before that, she has been helping out with the children’s work at Marunouchi Church Tokyo (MCT), since the church began its monthly meeting in the Spring of 2023. A year and a …
Takaaki Hirano MCT Co-Pastor As mentioned in our previous newsletter, we have received extensive feedback from various individuals regarding the worship style at Marunouchi Church Tokyo (MCT). Thank you for sharing your insights. From these, we have learned valuable lessons. Thierry and I continue striving to improve our sermons to ensure God’s Word is delivered in a …
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Thank you again for your partnership in the gospel with us here in Tokyo. Together we “stand firm in one spirit, contending as one man for the faith of the gospel” (Philippians 1:27b). It was seven years ago when we began dreaming and thinking about the potential for a gospel work amongst businessmen and women …
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Hiroaki Tokuyama Mustard Seed Church Tokyo Introduction: Hiroaki Tokuyama (28) graduated after his two years on the Samurai Projects on 27th March. He has worked at Mustard Seed Church in Tokyo where he has shadowed and been trained by the pastors. He will continue working for Mustard Seed in Tokyo where he will preach once a …
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Yuzuki Fujita Hanamaki Grace Christian Church in Iwate From the 15th-20th October, the Samurai Projects’ participants went on a mission trip to Osaka. One of the activities was a Friday night taco event for teens. There was no one there at the start of the event, but our team prayed and in the end 37 high …
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