Into All the World

The Hills talk about their experiences as Allen presided over the Japan Tokyo Mission. President Allen Hill was a missionary in Japan in the 1960s, so they discuss how missionary work in Japan has changed since then. Approximately 170 missionaries served in the mission at any given time during the three years the Hills were there. They give advice and testify that going on a mission will change your life.

Facts about the LDS Church in Japan

• Japan has 7 missions and 29 stakes.

• Under Elder Heber J. Grant's direction, the first Church mission in Asia was established with headquarters in Tokyo in 1901.

• The first baptism in Japan was on March 8, 1902 when Elder Grant baptized Hajime Nakazawa, a former Shinto priest.

• Alma Taylor began translating the Book of Mormon into Japanese in 1904. The book was printed in October 1909.

• The first meetinghouse in Asia, housing the Tokyo North Branch, was dedicated by Elder Gordon B. Hinckley on April 26, 1964.

• The first stake of the Church in Asia, the Tokyo Stake, was organized on 15 March 1970.

• The Tokyo Temple was dedicated on October 27, 1980 by President Spencer W. Kimball. It was the first temple in Asia and the first in a non-Christian country.

• The Japan Tokyo Mission was formed in 2007 after the realignment of mission boundaries in Japan. It coversthe greater Tokyo metropolitan area and its 10 stakes.

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