About Us
The Japan Initiative is a ministry dedicated to bringing the hope of Christ to Japan and beyond.
Our Team
Our team is committed to faithfully serving God and the people of Japan through the Gospel. We come from diverse backgrounds, united by a shared calling to make Christ known.
Dugan, Jon and Hiromi
Founder and Field Leaders
Jon & Hiromi Dugan have ministered in Japan since 1985 and lead "The Japan Initiative." The Japan Initiative (TJI) includes church planting, training Japanese pastors through Kansai Bible Institute where Jon
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Dugan, Michael and Carrie
Senior Missionaries
Michael & Carrie have served in Japan since 2010. They have three elementary age kids, Hannah, Micaiah & Selah. They met at University of Northwestern after which God called them
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Duckett, Garrick and Ana
Support Missionaries
Ana and I have a big heart for taking the good news of Jesus to the Unreached in the world. In the spring of 2020, we were in the middle of our internship training season
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Hicks, Corey and Jill
Support Missionaries
In mid 2011, we arrived to serve full-time as missionaries in the island nation of Indonesia. At that time, Jill was seven months pregnant with our first daughter, Autumn
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