The Overseas Seminar for Successors, sponsored by Tenrikyo Overseas Department, has now started. In late September, a total of 181 participants attended the seminar at venues in the U.S., South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. The seminar is scheduled to be held in 28 countries and regions altogether by September…
On April 9, the International Network for Mutual Help, based in the Overseas Department, held a charity bazaar on the department’s premises, drawing more than 500 people. As soon as the venue’s doors were opened at 11:00 a.m., items collected for the event began flying off the shelves. There were…
On July 15 and 16, “Tenri Forum 2016: Pathways of Salvation” was held in South Right Wing 2 of the Oyasato-yakata building-complex, drawing a total of 206 English-speaking followers from 12 countries and regions.
Tenrikyo Publications Center at the Overseas Department was closed on January 31, and the translated Tenrikyo publications are now sold at the Doyusha Publishing Company’s bookstore located near the east entrance of the Hondori shopping arcade. This change aims to improve convenience for customers including those who return to Jiba…
The 2010 Oyasato Seminar—a summer program geared toward transmitting the faith to mainly high-school-age participants who are to shoulder the tasks of the overseas mission—was conducted in four languages in the Home of the Parent during the period between July 10 to August 17. The opening ceremony was held on…
Tenrikyo Overseas Department and Tenrikyo Mission Headquarters in South Korea co-organized a lecture commemorating the mission headquarters’ 100th anniversary at Tenri University Furusato Assembly Hall on September 27. Invited as a guest speaker was Prof. Lee Won Bum, chair of the Department of Japanese Studies in the Graduate School at…