October 19, 2004 Tokyo, Japan ...
A Japanese-language version of "The Evidence," a half-hour television broadcast presenting life issues with a secular audience in mind, began airing on three commercial television stations in the country early this month.
TV Kanagawa began on Oct. 2, and TV Saitama and Chiba TV on Oct. 3. The programs will air every week until the end of December this year.
According to Pastor Masumi Shimada, communication director for the Adventist Church in Japan, the broadcast is the first for the church in Japan since the 1980s.
"It will bring attention to millions [of] people in Japan," he said.
"The Evidence" Japanese broadcast is a preamble to an evangelistic seminar by series presenter Dwight Nelson at the Amanuma Adventist Church in November. "We expect many [from the] TV audience will come to this these meetings," said Shimada.
Dr. Tadaomi Shinmyo, senior pastor of the Amanuma Seventh-day Adventist Church in Tokyo, said he "had a phone call from a viewer in Tokyo who said the second program, discussing evolution, was very impressive and [they] would attend the evangelistic meetings."
In the Kansai region, which is west of Tokyo and includes the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Nara, the programs will air from April to June of 2005.
Followers of Shinto and Buddhism make up make up approximately 84 percent of Japan's population. Others religions -- including Christianity, which comprises only 0.7 percent -- make up the balance.
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放送予定局：
- テレビ神奈川－10月2日 毎週土曜日 午前6時15分より
- ちばテレビ－10月3日 毎週日曜日 午前6時35分より
- テレビ埼玉－10月3日 毎週日曜日 午前7時より
- 来年４月に、関西地区でも放送予定！
- 未公開分も含めインターネットでのストリーミング放送も予定しています。
放送スケジュール：
10月
- 第１週 「聖書は真実か？」
- 第２週 「ダーウィンのジレンマ」
- 第３週 「無神論者が神を信じる時」
- 第４週 「冤罪の果てに」
- 第５週 「創造とインスピレーション」
11月
- 第１週 「神に至る道」
- 第２週 「祈りの不思議な力」（テレビ神奈川、テレビ埼玉）
- 第２週 「人間の死、そして神」（ちばテレビ）
- 第３週 「宗教と科学は両立するか」
- 第４週 「引き裂かれた心」
12月
- 第１週 「試練を超えて」
- 第２週 「聖書は真実か？」（再放送）
- 第３週 「ダーウィンのジレンマ」（再放送）
- 第４週 「宇宙の背後にあるもの」
Dr. Dwight K. Nelson's evangelistic meetings to be held in Amanuma Church, Tokyo.
