First successful Unification missionary arrives in Japan (Bong Chun Choi aka Sang Ik Choi; Papasan Choi and Masaru Nishikawa)

True Father chose Japan as the place to begin foreign missionary work and sent Mr. Choi there.

As this was before diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan had been established, coming and going between the countries was not easy.

Missionary Choi got on the ferry from Busan and settled in Tokyo after overcoming a series of difficulties.

On October 2, 1959, he held the first worship services and started the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification of Japan.

(Materials provided by FFWPU History Compilation Committee)