A Conference Sponsored by the Joseph Fielding Smith Institute for LDS History 8:00-8:30 Pick up nametags and prepaid lunch and dinner tickets. Visit the Smith Institute, BYU Studies, and BYU Press display.

8:30-10:30 Opening Plenary Session
Keynote addresses:
"The Church in Japan Today"
Elder L. Edward Brown, Second Quorum of the Seventy

"Historical and Cultural Challenges to Successful Missionary Work in Japan"
R. Lanier Britsch, Brigham Young University

Question and answer session

10:40-12:00 Concurrent Sessions
The Mormons Meet Japan
"The First Samurais in Zion"
Dean W. Collinwood, US-Japan Center
"The Japan Mission: First Efforts, 1854-1900"
Reid L. Neilson, Brigham Young University

Elder Heber J. Grant's Japanese Mission
"Strangers in a Strange Land: Heber J. Grant and
the Opening of the Japanese Mission"
Ronald W. Walker, Brigham Young University
"Heber J. Grant in Japan: A Personal Account"
Gordon Madsen, Salt Lake City Attorney

The Written Word in Japan
"The Languages of the Lord: Japanese Translations
of the Book of Mormon"
Van C. Gessel, Brigham Young University
"Translator or Translated? The Portrayal of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints in Print in Meiji Japan"
Sarah Cox Smith, Brigham Young University

Japanese and Mormons in the American West
"Japanese Immigrants and the Mormons"
Eric Walz, Brigham Young University-Idaho
"Eyes Only for the Orient: Early Twentieth-Century Mormon
Neglect of Salt Lake City Japanese"
Wendy Butler, University of Utah

12:15-1:35 Plenary Session Luncheon
"The State of the Work in Japan"
A Panel Discussion with Four Former Japan Mission Presidents
Russell Hancock (Moderator), Stanford University

1:50-3:10 Concurrent Sessions
Post-World War Two Church Efforts in Japan
"The Establishment of a Mission in Postwar Japan: Paul Hyer's
'Mini-MTC' in Honolulu"
Paul V. Hyer, Brigham Young University
"The Genealogical Society of Utah and Japan"
Greg Gubler, Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Laying the Gospel Foundation in Japan
"The Ammon Strategy: Achieving Real Growth and Establishing
the First-Generation Church in Japan"
Cyril I. A. Figuerres, Church Research Information Division
"Japanese Members' Experiences in the Church:
A Qualitative View"
John P. Hoffman, Brigham Young University
Charlie V. Morgan, University of California-Irvine

Church Growth in Japan
"Years of Anticipation, Years of Growth: 1967-1971"
Michael Sudlow, Brigham Young University-Hawaii
"The 1970 Mormon Expo in Japan"
Paul L. Anderson, Brigham Young University

Latter-day Saint Pioneers in Japan
"LDS Pioneers in Japan"
Dennis & Theodocia Atkin, Northern Arizona University

3:20-4:40 Concurrent Sessions
The Church and Japanese Culture
"Non-attachment in Buddhism and Mormonism"
Roger R. Keller, Brigham Young University
"Human Behavior, Language, and Culture"
Masakazu Watabe, Brigham Young University

The Church in Asia
"The History of the Church in Korea"
Honam Rhee, Brigham Young University
"One Hundred Fifty Years on the Periphery: A Short History
of the Church in China"
Malan R. Jackson, Utah Valley State College

LDS Pioneers on Both Sides of the Pacific
"Brother and Sister Koshiba: Pioneers in Japan"
Ian Anderson, Brigham Young University
"Japanese-American Mormons in Utah"
Jessie Embry, Brigham Young University

5:00-6:15 reception and reunion for all japan Mission presidents and
Missionaries
Wilkinson Student Center Terrace

6:30-8:30 Centennial dinner banquet
Wilkinson Student Center Ballroom
Japanese Dinner
Musical Entertainment