To Love All Life Given by God

Acts 17:25b

Resurrection, That Is “After All.” (Matthew 28:5-6)

But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised, as he said. Come, see the place where he lay. (Matthew 28:5-6)

We celebrated Easter for the second time in the COVID-19. In the fog of the novel coronavirus that lasted for more than a year, what we had been cultivating collapsed one after another. We experienced many such “after all.” Many people are overwhelmed by the “after all” that what they have accumulated steadily is torn apart.
Easter was celebrated with the bloody cry of the people in Myanmar. Myanmar’s people are about to experience such a “final” that democracy, which has risen in pain for the past ten years and has finally taken shape, is being crushed and destroyed at once.
Are our painful “after all,” their sad “after all” the human “after all”? No, we want to believe that it is by no means “after all.” That the resurrected Lord has risen, stood up, and walked ahead of the tomb, a place where everything seemed empty. In Myanmar, “this is not the end” and “this should not be the end”, and on the people who believe that and go on the path of CDM (nonviolent disobedience), the resurrected Lord Jesus will surely shed light. The women heard in front of the grave the truth for all people’s lives that “darkness could not overcome the light, life could not be trapped in the grave, and death was swallowed by life.” Today, we are listening to the very sound of that morning.

Kano Yoshitaka, Moderator

Statement regarding Summit meetings on Korean Peninsula

Statement regarding Summit meetings on Korean Peninsula

NCCJ has published a statement regarding Summit Meetings at Panmunjom and Singapore. See PDF. [pdf-embedder url="http://nccj-n.sakura.ne.jp/2018/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/84.pdf"] ...
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Hiroshima Declaration

Hiroshima Declaration

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The 6th Global Inter-Religious Conference on Article 9 that was held from June 13th (Wed.) to 15th (Fri.) at the International Conference Center in Hiroshima, Japan, finished successfully all its programs with 187 participants from 47organizations, 12 countries. We published the Hiroshima Declaration. See the PDF in English and Korean (Hangul). Hiroshima Declaration (English) Hiroshima Declaration (Hangul) ...
6th Global Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 (

6th Global Inter-religious Conference on Article 9 (

The 6th Global Inter-Religious Conference on Article 9 will be held from June 13th (Wed.) to 15th (Fri.), 2018 in Hiroshima, Japan. Download the PDFs for further information. Invitation to the 6th Conference Concept Paper Tentative Program Registration Form ...
40th General Assembly Held

40th General Assembly Held

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The 40th NCCJ General Assembly was held on March 19th, 20th at Kanda Christ Church of Nippon Sei Ko Kai in Chiyoda-ku. 1.Admission of Associate Member Organizations Waseda Hoshien, Wesley Foundation, and Church World Service Japan were admitted to NCCJ as associate member organizations from a new general assembly period. Appointment of New Executives NCCJ has started a new system as Rev. Koichi KOBASHI and Rev. Aminaka, who served as moderator and general secretary in the 39th general assembly, resigned. The new executive members are as follows: Moderator: Makoto WATABE (Japan Bible Society) new Vice moderator: Shinichi YAHAGI (Episcopal Church ...
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