NCC Issues Statement on Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons came into effect on January 22. NCC has issued a statement in this regard. Please see the PDF. [Correction] We found an error in the statement posted. It's been replaced by the correct one. Please see the revised version. Our apologies. 210127NCC-Statement-English revised ...
7th Global Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 To Be Held March 2 and 3
The 7th Global Inter-Religious Conference on Article 9 of the Japanese Peace Constitution Article 9 will be held on March 2nd (Tuesday) to 3rd (Wednesday). Initially, it was scheduled to be held in Okinawa last year, but due to the outbreak of COVID-19, it was forced to be rescheduled and will be held online in March this year. The executive committee is currently in the process of final preparations. The booklet in three languages (English, Japanese, Korean) has come out. Download the PDF posted here if necessary. You can see the schedule, contents, and all the statements of the past ...
Rev. SHOJI Tsutomu, former NCCJ General Secretary Passes Away
Rev. SHOJI Tsutomu, former NCCJ General Secretary passed away on August 28, at the age of 88. See the Condolence Message from NCCK and "Tribute and Appreciation for Rev. Shoji" by Rev. YAMAMOTO Toshimasa, former NCCJ General Secretary in PDF. As the General Secretary of the National Christian Council in Japan, he led the NCCJ to support the democratization movement in South Korea in collaboration with other ecumenical partners such as the Catholic Church and civil grassroots organizations. NCCJ played a critical role not only by organizing support movement in Japan but also directly assisting Korean churches and students providing ...
Notice of Summer holidays 2020
NCC office will be closed Aug. 11th to 21st. We will reply to emails we receive during this period after the 26th. Thank you ...
I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world. (Revelation 3:10)
Yukiko Maki, NCCJ Secretary Easter has arrived. Having been baptized on Easter, I have a special feeling about Easter that is different from Christmas. Easter is birthday as a Christian for me, and on this day, I am grateful for the year I spent safely, and it is also the time to reset myself for a new year that God will make use of. It all started when the junior high school I entered was a private Christian school. I wasn't born and raised in a Christian home, but I chose that school simply because I could attend from home ...