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JASC is the oldest student-run exchange between these two countries. In 1934, a small group of Japanese university students concerned about the deteriorating relations between the United States and Japan initiated the first JASC in Tokyo. The following year, American students reciprocated by hosting the second JASC.
The New Japanese Bible, published by the Organization for the New Japanese Bible Translation (新日本聖書刊行会) and distributed by Inochinokotoba-sha (いのちのことば社), aims to be a literal translation using modern Japanese, while the New Interconfessional Version, published by the Japan Bible Society, aims to be ecumenically ...
A student council (also known as a student union, associated student body or student parliament) is an administrative organization of students in different educational institutes ranging from elementary schools to universities and research organizations around the world.
The 1987 translation, despite becoming the most used version of the Bible in Japan with 80 percent of Christians and 70 percent of churches (as well as the entirety of the Catholic Church in Japan) using it, according to a survey by the Japan Bible Society in 2005, was subject to scrutiny in a 2010 questionnaire published by Kirishin (Japanese ...
Its New Testament translation, called the Interconfessional Translation Bible (Japanese: 共同訳聖書, Hepburn: Kyōdō Yaku Seisho) was completed in 1978. However, for example, its local pronunciation rule of the people and place names, such as "Yesusu" and "Paurosu" (), when used in worship, created some confusions and problems.
The Japan Bible Society (日本聖書協会, Nihon Seisho Kyōkai) is a nondenominational Christian organization committed to translating and distributing the Bible in Japan. It was established in 1937 with the help of National Bible Society of Scotland (NBSS, now called the Scottish Bible Society ), the American Bible Society , and the British ...
Originally, a Chidon Hatanach for adults was the main contest, and the contest for high school students was a relatively minor part. The Chidon for adults returned again in 2010. [2] From 1988, Avshalom Kor hosted the International Bible Contest. [3] In 2016, Sivan Rahav-Meir won the tender to host the contest, [4] but gave it up.
Japan remains one of the most secular nations in the world according to the World Values Survey. Christianity in Japan is spread among many denominational affiliations. In the early 2000s, 70 percent of Japanese churches had an average attendance of less than 50, though membership was often almost double this figure. [34]