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No. 1087
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TITLE: A Color Image Consultant
GUEST: Izumi Akiyama
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Izumi
Akiyama
says
she
was
once
the
victim
of
bullying,
but
now
she's
a
successful
businesswoman,
working
as a
"Color
Image
Consultant."
Through
this
work,
Akiyama
says
that
she
helps
people
to
"draw
out"
their
own
natural
beauty
and
express
themselves
in
terms
of
balancing
their
inner
person
and
outward
appearance.
In
this
program,
she
talks
with
us
about
her
work
and
about
her
faith
in
Jesus
Christ. |
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No. 1079
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TITLE: Losing a Loved One
GUEST:
Fumiko Yamamoto
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This
week's
guest
is a
former
Japanese
pop
music
idol
(Fumiko
Sawada)
and
the
recipient
of a
New
Artist
of
the
Year
award
for
her
debut
album
in
1981.
Currently,
as
an
entrepreneur
and
manager
of
several
real
estate
properties,
Fumiko
Yamamoto's
life
has
taken
an
amazing
path
to
the
present.
After
ending
her
show
business
life
in
her
mid-20s,
Yamamoto
married
and
became
a
mother
five
years
later.
To
all
appearances,
she'd
had
a
life
of
smooth
sailing.
However,
when
her
husband
was
diagnosed
with
cancer,
all
that
changed
drastically.
In
this
program
Ms.Yamamoto
talks
with
us
about
her
trials
and
about
how
they
led
her
to
an
encounter
with
Jesus
Christ. |
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No. 1073
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TITLE:
The
Teddy
Bear
Maker
GUEST:
Meena Shiraishi
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This week's guest, Meena Shiraishi, has won numerous awards for her Teddy Bear craft creations. Shiraishi graduated from a well-known music school, but said she started getting interested in Teddy Bears shortly thereafter and joyfully discovered that this was to be her life's work. The first time she entered one of her works in a contest, she won a prize for it. Shortly thereafter, however, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In this program, we talk with her about that struggle with serious illness, the peace she eventually discovered in Christ and the joy of Teddy Bear creation.
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No. 1069
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TITLE:
A Pachinko Pro Turned
Pastor
GUEST:
Norio Sameshima
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This week's guest, Rev. Norio Sameshima, is pastor of a church in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto Prefecture and also serves as a chaplain at the Hitoyoshi Agriculture Technology Institute, a boys reform school. Earlier in life, Rev. Sameshima made a living as a gambler, playing Pachinko slot machines as a full-time activity. His life, however, took an amazing turn in a different direction. What was it that changed him? We talk with him this week about that and much more.
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No. 876
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TITLE:
Return From
"The Melbourne Incident"
GUEST:
Chika Honda
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In 1992, five Japanese tourists visiting Australia were arrested on suspicion of carrying narcotics into the country, found guilty during a trial and sent to prison in what has come to be known as "The Melbourne Incident." All continued to insist that they were innocent during their 10-year sentences and now four of them have returned to Japan. We welcome as today's guest the only woman among the five, Chika Honda. In this program, Honda, who became a Christian while in prison, shares with us about what it was that brought her through the ordeal.
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No. 877
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TITLE: The "Hope House" Hospice Opens
GUEST:
Hiromi Yukawa
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This
week's
guest
is
chair
of
the
board
of
Yukawa
Hospital,
which
celebrated
it's
centennial
year
last
year
and
also
opened
a
new
hospice
facility.
The
operation
of a
hospice
is
often
thought
to
be
an
economically
unprofitable
undertaking,
but
this
hospital
looks
upon
the
project
as
being
a
part
of
their
mission.
Today,
we
ask
this
Christian
hospital
administrator
about
the
meaning
involved
in
opening
a
hospice
facility,
as
well
as
the
struggles
and
the
joy
that
accompany
it. |
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No. 878
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TITLE: Even in Sickness
GUEST:
Keiko Nakamura
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Top
class
professional
narrator,
Keiko
Nakamura,
recently
announced
the
release
of a
CD
narration
of
author
Ayako
Miura's
book,
Even
in
Sickness
(Yameru
Toki
Mo).
Ever
since
her
baptism
nine
years
ago,
Nakamura
has
wanted
to
do a
narration
of
one
of
Miura's
works,
so
in
this
program,
we
ask
her
to
share
with
us
her
thoughts
about
the
project. |
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No. 881
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TITLE: Update on "The Melbourn Incident" Returnees
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In
1992,
a
group
of
five
Japanese
tourists
were
arrested
in
Melbourne,
Australia
for
smuggling
narcotics
into
the
country.
They
stood
trial
and
were
all
sentenced
to
prison
terms,
all
the
while
insisting
upon
their
innocence.
Unable
to
clear
themselves
of
the
false
charges
during
their
ten
and
a
half
years
in
prison,
four
of
the
five
were
released
on
parole
and
returned
to
Japan
last
November.
In
this
program,
we
bring
you
a
look
at a
meeting
arranged
to
update
the
public
on
their
situation.
In
it
they
share,
in
their
own
words,
how
the
four
of
them
became
Christians
while
in
prison. |
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No. 830
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TITLE: Living a Single-minded Life
GUEST:
Toshiaki & Hisako Ueda
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Twenty-nine
years
ago,
Toshiaki
Ueda
founded
TuTuAnna,
Inc.,
a
wholesale
and
retail
business
aimed
at
producing
the
casual
sock
styles
that
young
women
want.
Currently,
there
are
53
direct
outlets
and
27
franchises
in
the
national
chain.
However,
at
the
same
time
he
was
dealing
with
the
hardship
and
hard
work
needed
for
this
kind
of
endeavor,
his
family
became
entrapped
by
one
of
the
religious
cult
groups
that
have
recently
been
impacting
society
so
negatively.
What
did
he
discover
to
help
him
begin
solving
this
problem? |
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No. 831
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TITLE: Escape From a Religious Cult
GUEST:
Toshiaki & Hisako Ueda
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This
program
continues
last
week's
conversation
with
the
Ueda
family.
Hisako
was
the
first
in
her
family
to
be
snared
by
the
mind
control
techniques
of
this
cult
group.
Soon,
she
left
to
live
with
them
and
didn't
return
home
for
over
three
years.
How
was
it
that
she
got
into
this
kind
of
condition?
And
how
did
she
get
delivered
from
the
group's
influence
on
her? |
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