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No. 1157 TITLE: Africa's Children GUESTS: Nobuhiko Katayama This year, World Vision Japan celebrates it's 20th year of work in Japan. This week's guest is WVJ director Nobuhiko Katayama who gives us an overview of how poverty touches people's lives, and especially the lives of children in Africa. You'll want to see this timely program that anticipates a major theme of July's G8 Summit that will be meeting in Japan: "Solving Africa's Poverty Crisis." No. 1103 TITLE: Better Than This World's Treasure GUESTS: Mai Uraoka & Yūji Hisada As a student, Mai Uraoka had a burden to help in international relief work. Even after beginning her career, she couldn't get the idea of working to help the world's poor out of her heart. Her decision to follow Christ as a believer, however, was the impetus that led her to leave her well-paid position and join the staff of World Vision Japan. This week, we talk with Ms. Uraoka and long-term World Vision child sponsor Yūji Hisada about their experiences with this important work. No. 1080 TITLE: The Parliament Christmas Festival 2006 This week, we give you a look at the 2006 Parliament Christmas Festival that took place at Tōkyō's Akasaka Prince Hotel on November 29th. Main speaker for the event was Shiseidō Cosmetic Company's former president and current advisor, Morio Ikeda, and special guest, former Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki. Such a fitting conclusion for the year, you definitely won't want to miss this program.
No. 902 TITLE: The Joy of Giving GUESTS: Yumiko Shinozaki, Atsumi Kawasaki & Midori Masunaga "I can't do anything to help everyone, but I can do something to help someone." For over 50 years, this motto has summed up the work of World Vision, which started out as one individual's expression of love. Currently, they are involved in relief projects in over 100 countries around the world. In this program, we have invited some folks who have participated in the work of World Vision through their Child Sponsorship program. We take a look at some of the countries where projects are ongoing and talk with our guests about the joy that comes from helping others.
No. 920 TITLE: The Tea Ceremony at Okanoue Chapel In October, a charity event featuring "sado" -- the Japanese tea ceremony -- was held at Kasukabe Evangelical Free Church's Okanoue Chapel in Saitama Prefecture. The event was a huge success and featured the traditions taught by four different schools of tea ceremony. About 300 people who would ordinarily have no connection with a church were in attendance. In this program we show you some scenes from the event and talk with pastor and tea ceremony master Toshio Takahashi about why they do the tea ceremony at church. We also talk about the rather surprising connection between Christianity and Sado.
No. 949 TITLE: Starting With the Person in Front of You GUESTS: Mari Watanabe & Minori Tanimura As an international relief agency, World Vision International currently oversees ongoing projects in over 100 countries that range from local development to disaster relief. In 2003, the number of people worldwide that benefited from their aid work reached the 100 million mark, with over 2.2 million of those being children. In this program we talk with World Vision Japan representatives Mari Watanabe and Minori Tanimura about their recent trip to India and about World Vision's Child Sponsorship program.
No. 956 TITLE: The Story of Nozomien GUEST: Ayako Tsuchiya This week's program is a report on a recent visit to a workplace for handicapped folks run by a church in Tokyo. Mrs. Ayako Tsuchiya, wife of the pastor of Tokyo Covenant Church, is our guest and the director of "Nozomien," which specializes in the production of cookies and cakes. The handicapped young people who work at the facility are referred to as "employees" rather than "inmates" and are seeking to be known as skilled confectioners that can compete with the best in Japan. Now with a growing reputation as makers of delicious products, how was it that Nozomien came to be? In this program, we talk with them about their journey thus far.
No. 958 TITLE: Showering Love Upon Tiny Lives GUESTS: Kiyoshi Mizutani & Kenzō Tsujioka Today's guests are two representatives from the Pro-Life Japan organization (Chiisana Inochi wo Mamorukai). The group has for years focused its activities upon emphasizing the preciousness of human life, advocating for an end to all abortions, and offering adoption counseling. Both these gentlemen, Mr. Tsujioka, who founded the organization, and Mr. Mizutani, his successor, share with us their thoughts about this challenging work.
No. 1003 TITLE: For All the Needy Children GUEST: Kazushito Takase Kazushito Takase has worked on the staff of World Vision Japan for the past 17 years. He recently returned from a trip to Ethiopia and says he was greatly moved to see signs of renewal going on in this country that was once locked in the death grip of drought. In this program, we talk with Mr. Takase about how viewers can become involved in World Vision's program for offering support to the world's neediest children.
No. 1051 TITLE: Weeping With Those Who Weep GUESTS: Yuri Mori & Keisuke Noda In this program we hear a report from Gospel singer Yuri Mori about her recent concert tour in Thailand to encourage the children whose lives were so devastated by the Indian Ocean Earthquake and tsunami of 2005. We also talk with World Vision Japan staff member Keisuke Noda about the long-term needs of the world's poorest children and, specifically, about World Vision's Child Sponsorship program. You won't want to miss this deeply moving program.

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