Every crisis is a time of dangers and opportunitiesTakeshi Takazawa is VP for Strategic Engagement for Asian Access. He is a gifted leader who has served our movement since 1988. Among his many strengths, he sees things well before others see them and he helps us understand deep things. The A2 Community all across Asia dearly loves Takeshi. In this clip, Takeshi shares about the two Chinese characters for "crisis" which are made up of "danger" and "opportunity". This topic has been referenced quite a bit recently because of COVID-19. "You've probably heard this," Takazawa starts out...
Sue Takamoto shares the story in an interview with Joe HandleyNozomi Project started in 2012 as a response to Japan's terrible tsunami in 2011. And through this creative ministry, God is making something beautiful in brokenness. Sue Takamoto of Asian Access, through Be One Network, launched Nozomi Project (or "Hope" Project) to provide employment, dignity, biblical community and hope for women whose lives were broken by the disaster. Using broken shards of ceramic pottery, these workers create beautiful pieces of jewelry—not only as a way to make sustainable income, but more importantly to put their lives back together. The waves ruthlessly took away their loved ones, their homes and their hope; Nozomi Project is gracefully helping these women put the pieces back together... {addthis off}
Japan | Invitation from SIM USA on Vimeo.
Through SIM’s partnership with Asian Access, we have an established relationship with Japanese churches that want to take the good news of Jesus to those who have never heard it. These churches are asking for more workers to help...
Japan | The Opportunity for the Japanese Church from Asian Access on Vimeo.
The summer provides a unique opportunity for us to send workers, as Japan once again opens its borders to tourists from around the world...
Asian Access/Japan’s Progress Report from 2018There is much to be thankful to God for in the ministry highlights he brought our way in 2018. Below is a summary of encouraging progress from various ministry categories and missionaries serving in Japan... {addthis off}
The Takameter | 05-01-2023
Because Urbana '22 has just concluded, we thought it would be especially helpful to repost an article written after a previous Urbana by Asian Access missionary Sue Takamoto, who first...
Staff | 04-01-2023
Part 3: Until everything is about Jesus In Part 1 of my testimony "What does obedience look like?", I shared about God’s call, my struggle to say yes, and having a glimpse...
Staff | 03-01-2023
Part 2: Holding onto the things I cannot see In Part 1 of my testimony "What does obedience look like?", I shared about God’s call, my struggle to say yes, and...
Staff | 02-01-2023
Part 1: What does obedience look like? "When God calls me, I'll pack up my bags and go." This is what I used to believe, and I thought I had the faith...
Bethany Ho | 01-01-2023
We Made It! I know us old folk serving as exhibitors and staff at Urbana 2022 were proudly declaring this at the very end of the year and rolling into 2023...
Bethany Ho | 30-12-2022
Diversity AND Unity The prevailing theme over Urbana today was this idea of unity across diversity, love across division. I was already experiencing stirrings of this on Wednesday, but like any...
Bethany Ho | 29-12-2022
What is your one next step? Tonight at Urbana, when introducing Bishop Claude Alexander, Anna "ah-yee" Lee-Winans prefaced with this question: What is your one next step? Bishop Alexander then walked...
Bethany Ho | 28-12-2022
The feeling started to come over me even as I was browsing the bookstore at the back of the Connection Hall. Exhibitors had yesterday and today to get set up...
Bethany Ho | 27-12-2022
We have made it to Urbana! Boy, what a trip it has been so far. And we're only getting started...
Bethany Ho | 08-12-2022
It didn’t take long for me to start feeling my age. I moved to Japan just two years removed from university, and from there most of my learning “to adult”...
Bethany Ho | 18-11-2022
In 2015, I made the transition from English teacher in Japan to missionary in Japan. Coming from a non-Christian background, I had quite a few conversations with family members who...
Bethany Ho | 08-11-2022
I recently scoured the internet archives to find the blog I started in 2011 as an English teacher in Japan, about five years before getting connected with SIM and Asian...
News | 01-11-2022
From Urbana to Japan! Did you go to Urbana '22? Let's reconnect... Urbana is a huge student missions conference sponsored by InterVarsity Christian Fellowship...
Staff | go2japan
By Nicole Truth be told, Japan was never a country that was on my radar. I had always known that at some point in my life I wanted to explore East...
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Japan (MNN) – Global workers in Japan have announced a new name to describe their role and vision.
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Japan (MNN) – A declining, aging population in Japan means both businesses and churches need guidance through the transition of leadership.
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Our value for community and the importance of partnership We often exhort one another at A3 with the proverb, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to...
Read moreFrom the President | Joe Handley
Hello Everyone! It's inspiring being here at the Japanese garden at San Diego's Balboa Park.
Read moreFrom the President | Joe Handley
Our Missionaries Have a New Name! For several years, you’ve become familiar with new ministry streams such as A3.business and Young Professionals. But today, I am excited to announce that our...
Read moreAdair Update | Roberta Adair
As much as I’ve tried to process, ponder, and pick stuff apart, I’ll simply say for now that the last seven years or so have been disorienting. I won’t go as far as...
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Tokyo Summer Olympics 2020 Team Going to Japan A3 (formerly Asian Access) began decades ago with a thriving short-term summer program called Scrum Dendo. Every summer, multiple teams would come to...
Read moreBY DOUG BIRDSALL Oyama-sensei was known and respected throughout Japan and across Asia—and beyond—as a brilliant scholar, prolific author, dearly loved pastor, and seminary professor.
For over a decade, February 1, 2011, remained memorialized in my mind as my “Japanniversary,” the day God took me to Japan, one month before the Triple Disaster. Each passing…
By Linda Koyama Which Mission Organization Should I Choose? If you’ve considered being in some type of formal ministry abroad, you’ve probably also been on the decision-making trajectory of “which mission organization…
Splat! Thunk! Splat! I was having a great time throwing balls of sticky bean mixture into a container. I couldn’t believe there wasn’t a grownup telling me to stop playing and…
This was the most encouraging Japan National Pastors’ Conference I remember in my 14 years with Asian Access. The theme as set by Pastor Yoshiya Hari, Asian Access/Japan National Director, was…
Throughout the week, I share the story about my faith journey A LOT. As a mobilizer with SIM, I’m one of the first conversations people have with us as they…
…and beyond: encouragement from a big sister I first heard about what God was doing on your campus on Friday, February 10. At the SIM USA sending office, we take our…
By Linda Koyama Hi, I’m Linda. Nice to meet you. I’m currently writing from Yamagata, Japan, where my family is partnering with a local church. You’ve probably never heard of Yamagata…
By Tia Blassingame Okay, if you look like me you probably started singing that song title and know exactly where I got it from. Perfect, because it has been playing in…
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