An Adventist World Radio (AWR) Conference was held at the AWR Station in Guam on June 27 and at the Japan Union Conference (JUC) Office on June 30 - July 1, 2003 under the leadership of Akinori Kaibe, AWR Asia/Pacific Region Director.

The Participants of the AWR Conference on June 30, 2003 in Guam

The production workers of AWR in the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD) were invited to participate in the conference. They were Tadaomi Shinmyo, Communication Director from the NSD; Daniel Jiao, Director of the Chinese Union Mission Media Center; Tadashi Yamaji, Communication Director of the Japan Union Conference (JUC); Miyuki Hatazawa, Announcer of the JUC studio; Kozo Abe, Technician of the JUC studio; and Ki Myung Lee, Producer of the Korean Union Conference studio.

The participants learned how the AWR Guam Station is operated and managed, and also to communicate with its staff face to face. Beginning broadcast in 1987, the station is now sending the Adventist messages in 24 languages for 56 hours per day through four curtain antennas. The short wave radio programs from Guam reach almost half of the globe.

After moving to Japan, they visited the JUC radio production studio and video production studio, respectively. Then, they discussed to strengthen Internet ministries in the NSD and presented their own union's current Internet usage. The attendees appreciated very much the contributions of Andrew Daryl Gungadoo, AWR Distribution Network Manager, from England and Karl Forshee, AWR Asia/Pacific Region Engineer, from Singapore.

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Tadaomi Shinmyo, Publishing/Communication/PARL/SOP/ATN Director