Eric Takamoto

A3 Advent Devotional Entry • Eric Takamoto

A crack in the sky appeared. A sliver of neon blue light poured out from it...

Japan (MNN) — Japan remains a challenging spiritual battleground, but Gospel

Japan (MNN) — Authorities warn residents of northeast Japan to prepare for potentially strong aftershocks in the days to come. A 7.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the region on Wednesday night,

Reflections on 10th Anniversary of Japan’s Triple Disaster

By Eric Takamoto

So many of the images and memories from the triple disaster are

Asian Access missionaries recount the early days following the Great Japan Disaster and share how it's been an amazing privilege to journey with the Japanese as they rebuild their lives over the past five years.

TOHOKU, JAPAN (A2)

Ishinomaki is one of the hardest-hit areas in Japan's disaster zone. Within days of the tsunami, A2 missionary Eric Takamoto began making regular relief trips up from Sanda (near Kobe). Listen to him share about his first few trips there and why he and his wife Sue have just decided to move their...

Sue and Eric Takamoto raised their four children in Japan while serving as global workers with A3. For twenty-two years they served as church planters, and during the decade after the 2011 triple disaster they moved to Ishinomaki, one of the areas worst-hit by the tsunami, to be Christ’s hands and feet to the people there. Their family engaged in church planting and relationship building, while Sue started and directed the Nozomi Project, a social enterprise employing local women.