Forty Years of
Walking with
Grassroots
Leaders

the history of

ARI 1973-2013

Greetings

Toshihiro Takami, Honorary Director
Words of ThanksEver blessed, ever thankful! I am ever so grateful!
The progress that ARI has made thus far is evidenced in the fact that it is noticeablymarked today in a variety of local maps. Accumulated efforts of numerous people,
literally hundreds and thousands of them, have made the Community of ARI grow tothis stage. For that, I am ever grateful.
This may be extreme, but I believe that the prayers and wishes of people from all over
the world united and came to nurture ARI. Thank you for your prayers.
In its path to become such a community, ARI was constantly visited by supporters tens of thousands of them! It owes many thanks to all the volunteers, members ofstaff, neighboring community people, people in Tochigi Prefecture, and many others.
There are those who visited us only once. There are others who came and stayed as
long-term volunteers. There are yet others who self-assigned themselves in the
kitchen for the duty of meal preparation every day. Thank you everyone.
I sincerely pray that ARI will continue to be supported by all those people so as tobe able to continue to carry out its mission of serving people of the world, especiallythe farmers.

ARI 1973-2013

PrefaceI

am grateful that we are able to publish the ARI history booklet, “Forty Years of Walking
with Grassroots Leaders,” as part of the events to celebrate its 40th anniversary. Toshihiro

Takami, the founder always tells how the work of ARI is an investment in persons. I am ever sothankful for the fact that this institute has been able to send more than 1,200 graduates back totheir various home countries in Asia, Africa and other parts of the world over the past four
decades. It is our wish that ARI continues to train local community leaders so that they may
serve better their own people at the grassroots level.
In addition, we cannot forget that, in the history of 40 years, there has always been complete
cooperation of so many people from the foundation to this date. I must keep in mind that thehistory of ARI rests upon each and every effort of support of those people.
Finally, I thank God, who always led us over those years through the trials and tribulations of
the wilderness such as financial crises, the earthquake disaster and the radioactivity damage.

Kenichi Otsu, Board Chair / Director

Table of contents
1

Preface

16

History, 2003 - 2012

2

Historical Developments Leading to
the Foundation of the Asian Rural Institute19

In remembrance, companions of ARI ⑤
Dr. Akira Niwa

20

The ARI Graduates

4

History, 1973 - 1982

7

In remembrance, companions of ARI ①
Rev. Haruo Fukumoto

8

History, 1983 - 1992

11

In remembrance, companions of ARI ②
Mr. Shuhei Murakami

12

History, 1993 - 2002

14

In remembrance, companions of ARI ③
Missionary Gretchen DeVries

15

In remembrance, companions of ARI ④
Rev. Um Tei-sung

Graduates of the South East Asia Course 1960 - 1972
21

Graduates of the Rural Leaders Training Course 1973 - 201226

Graduates of the Advanced Training Course 1986 - 201227

Board of Trustees・Auditors・Councilors・Staff・
ARISA Directors・AFARI Directors

28

Publishing Note

29

The theme song of ARI: “Take My Hand”

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Historical Developments
Leading to theFoundation of the
Asian Rural Institute
SEAC students with Toshihiro Takami (left, circa ‘62-64)A

t its inaugural assembly, held in Kuala Lumpur in 1959,

more relevant to the rural realities of Southeast Asian coun-

the East Asia Christian Council (EACC)1) unanimously

tries. He visited around to practical farmers with participants

adopted a resolution, among others, which stated that educa-

and positively adopted traditional farming techniques andtion and training of rural pastors was an urgent task in con-arts of living in Japan. Opportunities developed in the mean-

tributing to postwar rehabilitation of Asian countries, andtime of exchange with local farmers at the grassroots level,

urged the Japanese churches to carry out the mission. After

thus “postwar reconciliation” began to take its concrete shape,

that, EACC formally requested the United Church of Christ in

gradually and in many different forms as well.

Japan to realize the contents of the resolution.

In 1963, the Theological Seminary for Rural Mission made a

In response to the request, in April 1960, the following year,

fresh start under the name of Tsurukawa Rural Institute.

The South-East Asian Christian Rural Leaders’ Training Course

Seven years later, on the occasion of its reorganization in(SEAC)2) was newly established on the campus of The Theologi-

1970, SEAC, which used to be an independent training centercal Seminary for Rural Mission (Machida City, Tokyo). Estab-in the seminary, was incorporated into the total institution

lishing the course within a theological seminary was meant toand became ‘Southeast Asia Course’ (equal to two othersignify in a concrete manner the confession of war responsi-

courses, category-wise, namely, theology and childcare). Facedbility by the Japanese churches, in light of their support

with a financial crisis that happened later on, however, thetoward the military government’s actions during WWII, andseminary could not help but downsize itself (such as discon-

their atonement for such sins committed. At the beginning thetinuing the childcare course and drastically cutting theparticipants were Japanese as well as rural pastors and evan-number of staff ). Fortunately, the Southeast Asia Course

gelists mainly from Korea and Taiwan. As time went on, how-survived this restructuring crisis along with the theology

ever, the course started accepting participants from othercourse.

Asian countries such as the Philippines and Thailand. In thishistory, we could see a new philosophy of development assistance sprouting and evolving from the conventional way of
thinking of ‘sending Japanese agricultural technicians to
Asian countries and having them engage in rural development projects,’ to a new approach of ‘training local workers
there and assisting them after the training so that they would
be able to continue their activities after returning home.’

Meanwhile, (formerly known as) East Pakistan caught theworld’s attention. It was an area that suffered cyclone disasters almost every year, but the damages in 1970 and 1971
w e r e p a r t i c u l a r l y s e r i o u s , a n d t h e Wo r l d C o u n c i l o f
Churches (WCC) appealed for an emergency action to its
member churches in order to relieve refugees, reportedly
exceeding 8 million in number at one point. The Service
Department of the National Christian Council in Japan (NCCJ)

Under the climate of rapid economic growth, the then Japan’s

launched a refugee relief campaign, beginning November

agricultural policy, as reflected in the newly adopted Agricul-

1971 3) , under the motto ‘That We May Live Together.’ The

tural Basic Law, was to push forward modernization drives by

NCCJ decided to dispatch T. Takami (associate director of its

scaling up production following the European and/or Ameri-

Service Dept. and director of The Southeast Asia Course)

can practices. Rather than following this trend of the times,

together with Kazuho Makino (a staff member of The South-

Toshihiro Takami, the second director of the course sinceeast Asia Course, who was in India at that time) to the

1962, opted to establish a training program that would be

affected area. During the stay there, they cooperated in

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The first bus for study trips (about 1971)

Ken Muto, principal of the Theological Seminary (fifth from left)
with the Takamis (right from him, early 1960)

nal mission of the training center. After several land-scouting

the drafting of a Post-cyclone revival plan led by the WCC.

trips to various locations, they finally decided to settle on the

Later in December of that year, East Pakistan became anpresent site in Nasushiobara City, in the north of Tochigi Pre-

independent nation, called Bangladesh, after the Indo-fecture, to establish The Asian Rural Institute. In this place,

Pakistani wars. Relief workers happened to ‘discover’ about

there were devoted supporters who shared the same vision,

300 power tillers stacked up in a certain harbor warehouse. It

and who accepted and hosted SEAC participants in the past

was learned later that before independence, they had been

for on-the-job farming practice and other live-in training inimported by a government agency from Japan. Then a local

their communities. Thanks to the help of those supporters,

Catholic relief organization purchased the power tillers andfrom selecting and acquiring the necesseray property to com-sought Japanese churches out for sending operation instru-

pleting all the paper work required for authorization by thectors for the tillers. The NCCJ Service Department (Protestant)prefectural government office, ARI - Southeast Asian Rural

and Caritas Japan (Catholic) organized a joint committee andLeaders Training Center was on its way to establishment. On

dispatched 50 young men to Dhaka in April 1972. T. Takami

September 16, 1972, the first founders’ meeting was con-

led the group first and later it was taken over by K. Makino

vened. (From this point onward, Sept. 16 was designated as

and Hajime Kikuchi, also a SEAC staff member. At the time

the Foundation Day of ARI.) In January of the following year,

when even the term ‘NGO’ was not commonly used, this groupthe application was duly filed with the governor’ s office, andwas counted as one of the pioneers of international cooper-

in March, ARI was formally authorized under the category ofation projects by private organizations

a vocational school.

Successfully completing their duty by the end of July thatyear, those young men came home. Many of them had astrong feeling that they did not want to end their experience
as just a one-time, temporary relief activity. Instead, they
began to grope for building a sustainable relationship with

Reference: At its Fourth General Assembly (Uppsala, 1968), the WCC

overseas peoples. While, at the same time, the NCCJ was also

called on its member churches throughout the world to become ‘servant

on the verge of creating a cooperation/assistance philosophy

churches’ for rural people, the urban poor and so forth who had beenof a new breed. In one of the official documents released later

trifled with sudden changes of the world economy. For that purpose, thethat year, it states: “What kind of cooperation can we do with-

Rural Agricultural Mission (RAM) was created with education and train-out disturbing the self-reliance of local people? In order toing of rural leaders in mind under the Division of World Mission andtrain agricultural leaders, we plan to invite several young

Evangelism (DWME). This was in 1973, the same year when ARI wasmen from Bangladesh.” 4) The second act of a long story of

established.

‘That We May Live Together’ was about to begin.
In those days, Tsurukawa Rural Institute could not help but

1) Presently, Christian Conference of Asia (CCA)

downsize itself due to financial circumstances as mentioned

2) South-East Asian Christian Rural Leaders' Training Course (commonly called SEAC)

above. Because of that, those who were with SEAC led by T.

3) The goal of the campaign was to raise 10 million yen. The average starting salary of

Takami began to look for a new avenue to carry out the origi-4) From ‘Refugee Relief Campaign Report’ , Nov. 1972.

new college graduates at that time was a little less than 40,000 yen per month.

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history

1973-1982
1972 SEPT The following people organized the ‘Asian Rural Institute Founder’s Assembly’ and the first meeting
was held at the Japan Christian Center in Tokyo on September 16. (From this point onward, September 16 has been designated as Foundation Day of ARI.) Haruo Fukumoto, Masayoshi Gunji, Walter Shore (Chairman), Toshihiro Takami,
Tadashi Igusa, Gretchen DeVries, Masayoshi Arisawa, Kazuho Makino, Hajime Kikuchi, Shigeko Tachibana. The meeting
was then followed by the preparation work such as land acquisition and construction of school buildings.

1973 MARCH Acquired the authorization of an ‘Educational Foundation - Asian Rural Institute’ endowment statute and of establishing the‘Southeast Asian Rural Leaders Training Center’ from the Governor of
Tochigi Prefecture.

APR

Held the first board meeting and made a budget

and a business plan, as well as enacted rules and regulations regarding theendowment statute and bylaws.

Founding Board of Directors: Toshihiro

Takami (Board Chair), Masaaki Nakajima, W. Shore, Hajime Kikuchi,
Masayosi Gunji, Haruo Fukumoto, Arthur Kamitsuka, Hajime Ogawa(Auditor), Michio Oyamada (Auditor)

MAY

On the 14th, held the school

establishing ceremony and the first opening ceremony for the training.
Completed by that time were the main building (2 stories), the workshop
building (2 stories) and four staff houses (one-story each).

Staff members

at the time of establishment: Toshihiro Takami (Director), Hajime Kikuchi(Assistant Director) Kazuho Makino (curriculum/crops), Masayoshi Arisawa(accounting/livestock), Kiyoshi Nagashima (livestock/maintenance), Shigeko
Tachibana (general affairs/ accounting), Tadashi Igusa (part-time), G.
DeVries (as she had been on home assignment in the US, her actual work at
ARI started in the following fiscal year.)Country breakdown of the first class (16 participants): India (1), Thailand(1), South Korea (2), Malaysia (3), Bangladesh (3), Japan (6: 4 of them wereconsigned trainees from Rissho Kosei-kai)[The training began with Radio Exercise at 6:30 a.m., followed by various
farm works on campus. Examples of the regular lectures in those days are
as follows; “Leadership in the third world” , “Current issues” , “Rural community and faith” , “Theory and practice of cooperatives” , “Food production
for self-reliance.” Besides lectures, various visitations and observation trips
were conducted on one day each week, such as to neighboring farmers,

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schools, institutions of agriculture-related industries, town
offices, facilities of small-scale home industries, agriculturalexperiment stations, research organizations, etc.] [Rissho
Kosei-kai, a new Buddhist sect, rendered both financial andin-kind support in the early days of ARI.]

JUNE Participants

were invited for home stay in the Tokyo area, sponsored by
the National Women’s Association of the United Church of

The class of 1973

Christ in Japan. The home stay program continues up to this day. JULY
programs as summer work camps and seminars.

JULY-AUG

A total of about 400 people visited ARI for suchLive-in practical farming training (6 weeks) was con-ducted with help from neighboring farmers. Training in poultry and pig raising started.

OCT

On the 27th, the first

Harvest Thanksgiving Celebration (HTC) was held (welcoming approximately 1,000 visitors). HTC has been an annual
event in October up until now. Its total program management, including planning, budgeting, human resource placement
and so forth, has been recognized as an important part of the training.

NOV

From the 4th to the 12th, the WesternJapan Study Tour was conducted, using ARI’s own microbus to Osaka. On the way there, the participants visited farms,
schools, institutions of agriculture-related industries, facilities of small-scale home industries, agricultural experimentstations, research organizations, factories, churches and other religious organizations.

DEC

On the 10th, the first Com-mencement Service was held. Seven graduated. (After the continuing training, 5 more participants completed the course.)
Request for Christmas donations was sent out to individuals, Christian churches and organizations nationwide.

1974 APR Began organic vegetables and crop cultivation. MAY At the second board meeting, a resolution was
adopted to thank W. Shore, one of the founding board members. For 2 years from then, he was Director Emeritus. (Hereturned to the US in August of that year. Mr. and Mrs. Shore then started granting scholarships to participants.)

JUNE

Accepted training for the new staff members of the National Council of YMCAs. (Several years later, ARI came to receive
various kinds of needed support from them, working at different city Ys, on such occasions as the West Japan Study Tour.)1975 JAN Fellowship with the Takahata Organic Agriculture Society (Yamagata Pref.) started through the practicaltraining of a Lao participant.

SEPT

The ARI Foundation was established in the State of California, USA. Completion of

the women’ s dormitory (10 rooms to accommodate 20 residents). Started accepting trainees of the Tochigi Overseas
Technical Workers’ Training Program (A total of 7 people up to 1981).

NOV

Fellowship with Tokyo Union Church

started with the home stay program. (Continues up to this date). [In 1975, a call was presented in the ARI publicity paper“Ajia no Tsuchi” (or, The Soil of Asia, literally) stating “Let us create a world in which human life and the food thatsustains it have the highest value – That We May Live Together” .]1976 APR Accepted 2 participants from Africa for the first time (from Nigeria andGhana), with the scholarship support of the World Council of Churches (WCC). Regular morning and evening chores attended by all participants and staff members were understood as animportant part of the training.

JULY

Completion of the dining room building.

NOV

On

the 21st, the ARI Supporters’ Association (ARISA) held its Inaugural General Assembly at theJapan Christian Center in Tokyo. The first chairperson: Kohei Goshi.

1977 MAY Tomio Muto took office as the new chairperson of ARISA. JUNE Noboru
Iwamura, a medical missionary to Nepal sent by Japan Overseas Christian Medical Cooperative Service (JOCS), came to
ARI for a special lecture. Hajime Ogawa, an auditor, resigned, and Kentaro Buma succeeded. JULY
Sri Lankan painter, finished her work, titled “Harvest” on the wall of the officein the former main building. In September of the year 2012, it was transferredto the front entrance of the current Koinonia House. OCT A fellowship program with Kawanishi Jr. High School in the neighboring town of Kurobane
began through the good offices of the Kurobane Rotary Club. (The Jr. HighSchool was amalgamated into Kurobane Jr. High in 2005, yet the fellowship
program saw no discontinuation till this date.) NOV

For the first time, theWestern Japan Study Tour visited Kagawa and Ehime Prefectures on Shikoku
Island, then afterwards to Hiroshima.

DEC

Masayoshi Gunji resigned fromthe board and became Director Emeritus. Tokuji Tajima filled the post.
Completion of the men’s dormitory (20 rooms to accommodate 40 residents).

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Nalini Jayasuriya, a1978 MARCH The name of the training center was changed from “Southeast Asia Rural Leaders Training Center”
to “Asia Rural Leaders Training Institute.” Hajime Kikuchi, Associate Director, went to California Polytechnic State Univ.
for an extended study (until 1979, the following year). To cover the post, G. DeVries was assigned. MAY

Exchange pro-gram with “Tamago no Kai” began (literally, “The Society of Eggs” . A consumer movement organization in Ibaraki Pref.
carrying out organic farming, open space poultry farming and pig raising with fermented feed made from leftover food).

1979 OCT Keo Inthavongsa was enrolled as the staff in charge ofcrops cultivation. His family was the first Lao refugees officiallyaccepted by the Japanese government and he was the first one to be officially employed in Japan.

1980 APR Began the processing and sales of carrot jam. JULY
The first Northern Japan Study Tour, for a period of some 10 days
(conducted until 1992).

OCT

Fellowship program began with Utsu-

nomiya Kita High School, a governor-designated pilot school for international education and understanding. (The program continues till thisdate.)

1981 MAY Milking cows (the Jersey breed) were introduced fromthe Tsuchida Farm in Akita Pref. Thus, cow milk was included in themeal menu.

JULY“Foodlife” was introduced as one of the core con-cepts for the training and announced in the ARI paper “Ajia no Tsuchi” .
[FOODLIFE here is an ARI coinage, signifying inseparable relations
between food and life.]

OCT

During the Western Japan Study Tour,the participants took part in "Asia Youth Cooperation Service Seminar”(at Kansai Seminar House in Kyoto).

1982 FEB A supporters group named the “American Friends of ARI (AFARI)" was established in the US. APR
Two interns joined the ARI community from Sisters of the Visitation.

JULY

Began an exchange with the Shimosato

Farm (managed by Yoshinori Kaneko, an organic farmer) in Saitama Pref. The first Asia Seminar/Work Camp sponsoredby ARI itself was held from the 28th to the 31st. The main theme: “That We May Live Together – The issues of food.” 26
people participated.

AUG

Completed the 250-seat outdoor coliseum with the cooperation of the Nasu Group of the

Anglican-Episcopal Church of Japan.

OCT“ARI ecosystem (or, environmental conservation system) committee” issued

an appeal at the 10th HTC as well as in “Ajia no Tsuchi.”Eating breakfast together (1974)

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In remembrance, companions of ARI

共 に 歩 ん で くだ さっ た 人 々Rev. Haruo Fukumoto
1927〜2000

M

ore than ten years before ARI started, Rev. Haruo

Since the time of SEAC, Rev. Fukumoto had arranged the

Fukumoto, while studying at the Theological Semi-

practical farm training for many participants together withnary for Rural Mission, met Toshihiro Takami for the first

Mr. Masayoshi Gunji, who ran an agricultural machinery busi-time, who was the then director of The South-East Asian Chris-ness based in the northern area of Tochigi Prefecture.

tian Rural Leaders’ Training Course (SEAC). Though very busy

According to Nishinasuno church records, it was in April ofas pastor of Nishinasuno church, he made a great contribu-

1972 that T. Takami, director of SEAC, visited Rev. Fukumototion to ARI from its founding to its overall management fromand had a consultation with him in regards to the establish-

this time onwards.

ment of ARI. Then, in September of that year, Rev. Fukumoto

Mr. Toshi Kimata, the first director of SEAC, was the mentor

worked very hard with Mr. Gunji and other local leaders toof Rev. Fukumoto at the Seminary. Mr. Ken Muto, who served

finalize a land purchase contract for 15 acres (6 hectares) ofas the principal of the Seminary and the Moerator of theland, where ARI is currently located.

United Church of Christ in Japan (UCCJ) as well as the chair-

For about half a year from the contract’s conclusion, he did

man of the National Christian Council in Japan (NCCJ), used tohis best to gather financial support for the establishment ofserve as pastor at Nishinasuno church for a period soon after

ARI to cover a list of initial costs, i.e., for land acquisition,

the war. In retrospect, we see here an important part of thebuilding construction and operation as well as day-to-day

interpersonal connections which led to the foundation of ARI.

management of the training program. He was also very

Besides his pastoral work, and management of the church’s

instrumental in completing all the paper work required bykindergarten, Fukumoto eagerly participated in ecumenicalthe prefecture related to the application and authorization ofactivities. While he participated in such activities as The Asia

an institute. As ARI continued to face financial difficulties

Christian Youth Conference (The Philippines, 1974) and The

after its establishment, Rev. Fukumoto assumed great respon-

Asian Rural Life Study Group, he was also actively involved insibilities for a long time as the finance director of the board.

mutual exchange ventures with churches in Taiwan and

The members of Nishinasuno church well understood andKorea, organized by the Tochigi District of the UCCJ.

deeply supported such a commitment of their church pastor.
And the spirit has long been carried on as a tradition of thechurch until today.

7history

1983-1992
1983 FEB Indian graduates workshop was held, where the past participants evaluated the training program. From
this year, workshops with similar purposes were held in various countries.

APR

Started receiving young people on

the “One-year Volunteer Service” program sponsored by Japan Youth Volunteers Association (JYVA).

AUG

Teruo Miura(the first class of ARI, 1973) was newly assigned on the staff. Summer program in practical organic farming training
started at the Murakami farm (managed by Shuhei Murakami) in Fukushima
Pref.

SEPT

The dining hall building was burned to the ground (causes

unidentified). What had been the dining room for the work campers was usedinstead. On the 15th, the 10th anniversary ceremony was held. A large
number of guests from overseas including two graduates attended the function.

OCT“Harvest,” the record of the graduates’ activities back home waspublished. Participated in “Seminar for mutual understanding among Asian
churches," hosted by the Tomisaka Christian Center. Participation continued
until 1994.

1984 FEB The first “Study tour to visit graduates” was conducted, and the second one in November, in Thailand.
[Since 1987, African countries were also visited. With the help of local graduate associations, the tour has been conducted almost every year up to this date. The 2012 tour was the 29th.] APR

The dedication ceremony was held for the

newly-completed dining hall building, named “Koinonia House”.

1985 APR Started accepting scholarship students of the Ministry of Education of the Japanese Government for
2-year training. The first two trainees were from Thailand. (It continued until 1988).
Antoinette Brown Award from the United Church of Christ in USA.

JULY

JUNE

G. DeVries received theFellowship with the Obihiro City Agricultural

Youth began in response to the ‘International Youth Year’ of the United Nations. (The program continued until 1994).
AUG

Training at the organic farm, “Wind Family” (managed by Tadashi Ueda), in Tochigi Pref. began.

SEPT

Pacific Ecumenical Missionary Conference took place on ARI's campus.

The

OCT

Visited Tanaka Shozo University (presided by Tatsuo Sakahara), addressing theissue of copper mine pollution. (It continues up to this date.)1986 JAN Participants were invited by Tozawa Village, Yamagata Pref.,and fellowship with the village community continues to this date.

JUNE

Held

the International Agricultural Youth Symposium, cosponsored with Utsunomiya
YMCA.

SEPT

The 4-year effort of “ARI Ecosystem (or, environmental conserva-

tion system)” was presented in “Ajia no Tsuchi” . The dedication ceremony was8held for the new women’s dormitory (to accommodate 26
residents). Participated in the telephone consultation support activity for foreign residents living in Tochigi Prefecture, Tochigi International Life Line (TILL), in cooperation
with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of
Japan/HELP. ARISA Tokyo Branch opening ceremony
together with the 10th anniversary meeting. NOV

VisitedMasanobu Fukuoka, a natural farming practitioner, inEhime Pref. for the first time during the Western Japan
Study Tour.

DEC

Started a forestry project in Bato

Town, Tochigi Pref.

1987 FEB The Urban Rural Mission Committee of
the National Christian Council in Japan (NCCJ-URM) held aseminar on ARI's campus.

APR

Scholarships for 8 par-ticipants from 7 countries were granted by the Rotary
Yoneyama Memorial Foundation. (From 1987 until 2013
fiscal year, 212 men and women from 29 countries havereceived scholarships from the foundation.) Accepted
volunteers from Bangladesh and Thailand though “One-year Volunteer Service” program of the Japan Youth Volunteers
Association (JYVA).

JULY

Held an open study session at ARI on natural farming with Masanobu Fukuoka, cosponsoredby a group called “Sowing Seeds In the Desert” .

OCT

The Japanese NGO, Center for International Cooperation (JANIC),

was established, and Toshihiro Takami took office as the Chief Director.

NOV

Kyozo

Yuasa, the Chairperson of ARISA, was awarded by the Japan Christian Culture Association.

1988 MARCH T. Takami was awarded with Shimotsuke Prefectural Citizen Prize.
APR

The Asian Rural Welfare Association (ARWA - Managing Director: Yoshio Tamura)

was established. This first year, 4 participants received the ARWA scholarships. From thistime until 2013, the association has supported a total of 102 participants from 10 countries.

JULY

ARI received the Foreign Minister's Commendation for its effort in promot-

ing international exchange.

1989 JULY With the attendance of ARI participants at the International Farmers Conference, held in Yamagata
Pref., as a start, the fellowship with the Okitama farmers began.

SEPT

Student Christian Fellowship (SCF) built “Nasu

Seminar House” on property adjoining the ARI campus. Held an open seminar, “Living with the local community, andlearning from it – Water in crisis” with Jun Ui as the lecturer, the author of “The Principles of Pollution”.

91990 MARCH Director T. Takami, resigned. Gretchen
DeVries succeeded the position (from the following month ofApril). “Charcoal making project” began with the cooperationof JANIC.

JUNE

Immigration processes for the overseas

participants became difficult with the revision of some partsof the Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.

1991 APR With the completion of the charcoal kiln (Yasu kiln), the charcoal making project began in earnest. The
product was utilized as fuel as well as a soil improvement material.

JUNE

G. DeVries terminated her UCBWM mission-ary assignment, and continued her work at ARI as a volunteer.

1992 MARCH Director G. DeVries resigned, and Hajime Kikuchi succeeded the position (to take office in April).
APR

Extended the time for regular chores to approximately 3 hours, attended by all the participants and the staff mem-bers in the mornings and evenings. Those chores, including field work, livestock rearing and school building cleaning,
have always been practiced as an integral part of the training and the community building activity from the beginning of
the establishment of ARI.
NOV

SEPT

JANIC held an international conference on human development for NGOs at ARI.

Visited for the first time such organizations as the Kumamoto Association of People Considering Life and Soil,

Kikuchi Health Care Institute, Minamata Disease Historical Investigation Museum, Minamata Disease Municipal
Museum, Anti-Pesticide Minamata District Producers Alliance. (Still visiting many of those organizations today during
the Western Japan Study tour.)

Tasting ethnic meals at the Harvest Thanksgiving Celebration (1990)

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In remembrance, companions of ARI

共 に 歩 ん で くだ さっ た 人 々Mr. Shuhei Murakami
1923〜2006

In the 1960s, numerous Korean Christians deepened
their fellowship with Japanese non-church movement

Christians. Shuhei Murakami used to participate in the Bible
study meetings hosted by Ainou Association, an organization
founded on a non-church movement tradition. At one of thosemeetings one year, he came across Rev. Um Tae-sung, aKorean pastor, who happened to be there from The Theological Seminary for Rural Mission (cf. separate column). Ever
since then, which was indeed even before The Asian Rural
Institute was established, the relationship of these two persons continued throughout their lifetime.
Mr. Murakami is a well-known egoma grower in Japan.
Egoma, [or Perilla frutescens] is a shiso herb variety speciallysuited for oil production. In fact, he got the idea of growing it
through his exchange with Rev. Um. Here we find the roots ofSince the beginning of ARI, the Murakami farm has kindly

egoma growing at ARI.

received ARI participants for their study tours and on-the-job

Although Mr. Murakami was an active person who immedi-

type of farming practices. Through such a long time associa-

ately carried out what he thought was good, it was not easy attion with the Murakami’s and thanks to their great instruc-all for him to grow safe food with organic farming methods.

tions, organic farming at ARI has also adopted various stimu-

In fact, during the period of high economic growth in Japanlations. For example "bokashi" has become one of theafter the war, Mr. and Mrs. Murakami employed modern

common words at ARI farm. It is a fermented fertilizer utiliz-

farming methods utilizing pesticides, chemical fertilizers anding chicken manure, rice bran and other materials, and thisthe like to grow rice, just as other ordinary farmers did at thetechnique was acquired from the Murakami farm.

time. He was also engaged in intensive poultry raising. As a

Whenever visited by ARI participants, Mr. Murakami told

result, however, both of them ruined their health. Due to thisthem energetically about the theory of organic farming andunfortunate experience, they shifted to organic farming at

its practice, which were borne out from his rich experience,quite an early stage, apparently taking to heart the advice ofalong with the safety and especially the natural taste of

the Ainou people, who were pioneers in this field as well.

organically grown vegetables. Also, he never forgot to talkabout God’ s creation and his faith. The same was true withhis special lectures frequently conducted on ARI's campus,
leaving deep impressions every time on the hearts and mindsof participants. Some of them had this to comment: “Is a Japanese organic farmer a philosopher?"11history

1993-2002
1993 APR As ARI turned 20 years old, the farm started implementing energy self-sufficiency, efficient water utilization and on-campus forest preservation projects through the use of appropriate technologies. Also, a fish breeding
project began.

OCT

Held the 20th anniversary ceremony. The commemorative history documentat “That We May Live

Together” and the graduates’ activity documentation “Harvest II” (English only) were published. In addition, a panel
discussion was held in Tokyo to celebrate the anniversary.

1994 MARCH T. Takami resigned from the post of Board Chair as well as acting director. APR Masaaki Nakajima took office as the new Board Chair. Kiyoshi Nagashima served as the acting director. JUNE
office as Director. T. Takami received the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize.

AUG

Jintaro Ueda took

Started “Farm and Rural Community StudyTour” around Fukushima and Yamagata Prefectures, replacing the Northern Japan Study Tour.

1995 FEB ARI planned a “Sustainable Agriculture Seminar,” conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Twenty-fivepeople attended, including graduates from Thailand, the Philippines, India and Malaysia. The second seminar under thesame theme was also held in Chiang Mai that December.

MAY

A seminar on environmental issues such as living crea-tures, water and the forest was held on ARI's campus . Through December of this year, a series of 6 seminars was held.
DEC

St. Augustine's Abbey, to which several graduates from the Philippines belong, established Santa Rita Training

Center in Negros Island with the cooperation of ARI. From the following year 1996, the center served as a base of the‘Negros Training Project,’ which offered field training to those who wished to attend from among those who graduated
ARI the previous December, as well as programs for high school work-campers beginning 1997.

1996 JUNE T. Takami published “Tsuchi to Tomo ni Ikiru”(literally, “To Live with Soil” ) from the Publications Dept. of the
UCCJ.

AUG

T. Takami was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay

Award for Peace and International Understanding. OCTNakajima, the Board Chair, passed away.

NOV

MasaakiA special lecture

was held by Han Kyu Cho, “The Theory and Practice of Korean
National Farming” .

DEC

The first Negros Training at the Santa

Rita Training Center was conducted. Eighteen ARI graduates of theyear 1996 participated.

1997 APR The postgraduate course (Graduate Intern: GI) forJapanese started . One 1996 graduate was qualified. Some improvements were made to the curriculum formation in the following

12areas:[Lectures]

Spring term: “Sustainable agriculture” , “Instruction on survey methods and report writing,”

Summer term: “Rural community research,”
rural development projects.”

Fall term: “Rural development and community organizing,”“Small-scale

In addition to the above, lectures on “Development issues” and “Rural leadership theory”

were offered throughout the year.

[Farming technique training]

In place of the farming rotation system, participants

were divided into groups of “Crops and vegetables” , “Livestock” , and “Environment/ appropriate technology” and continued to work in groups for a longer term.
office as the new Board Chair.

AUG

JULY

Yasuo Furuya (International Christian Univ. Church pastor) took

The first Negros Work Camp for high school students started . Twenty h.s.

students and 1 teacher participated. Seven such work camps were conducted from then until 2005.

1998 APR ARI received a special prize for social contribution from the Tochigi Association of Corporate Executives. T. Takami became the Honorary Director.

NOV

An “Environmental conservation and appropriate technology”

project team completed the grey water management system. The processed water was utilized in the fish ponds. DEC
The first basic seminar for NGO workers “Environment and community development” was conducted, cosponsored by
the Japan Association for International Collaboration of Agriculture andForestry (JAICAF). The program continued until the 9th Seminar in 2008.

1999 FEB ARISA conducted a special program “Rural life experience
tour in the Philippines” .

JULY

To the second basic seminar for NGO

workers Masanobu Fukuoka was invited as a lecturer.

DEC

Prince andPrincess Hitachi visited ARI.

2000 MAY G. DeVries finished her work at ARI and returned to the
US.

JUNE

The 100th issue of “Ajia no Tsuchi” was published. Haruo Fukumoto, a former member of the board of

directors passed away.

NOV

A millennium gathering “Peace Conference” for graduates from South Asia was held in

Kerala State, India (funded by the Niwano Peace Foundation).

2001 MARCH J. Ueda resigned from the post as Director, and was succeeded by Yasuo Furuya. Also, Teruo Miura
was assigned as acting director (both taking office in April). SEPT
Exchange Award.

NOV

ARI received the Mainichi Newspaper International

ARI’ s community development work in Negros Island, the Philippines was chosen as “Projectof the year” at the International Cooperation Festival in Tokyo.

2002 MARCH Y. Furuya retired from the post as Director. Koa Tasaka, a former ICU Professor, took office as the
new Director (from April).

APR

ARI Metropolitan Office opened (Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Pref.).

NOV

Completed

construction of a food processing building, “Manna House,” as one of the 30th anniversary projects. (Funded by the UMC
in the US).

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In remembrance, companions of ARI

共 に 歩 ん で くだ さっ た 人 々Missionary Gretchen DeVries
1923〜2005

G

retchen DeVries, a missionary from The
United Church Board for World Missions,served as a secretary to Toshihiro Takami, director of The South-East Asian Christian Rural Leaders’ Training Course (SEAC), while at the sametime teaching at The Theological Seminary for
Rural Mission from 1970. When The Asian Rural
Institute started in 1973, she continued to serve
as a secretary to the director and contributed
greatly to the work of communicating with overseas supporting churches and sending organizations of participants, and of building a networkof ARI graduates. Utilizing her past work experience as a secretary in a private company prior
to coming to Japan, she worked from the earlymorning until late at night using an electric typewriter, andmany staff members and participants remember well theThough very busy, she made efforts to spend a great amountmachinegun-like rattling from her office.

of time with participants, especially with women participants.

One year in the 80s, a certain German church-related orga-

She was a ‘mother’ to them, and also their consultant. Despite

nization decided to give ARI a grant covering training costs

her persistance, she could not readily improve her Japanesefor 10 participants. Ms. DeVries earned the trust of this orga-

language skills, but this may be one reason why she was able

nization through the very thorough and informative financial

to communicate heart to heart with overseas participants,

and training reports that she submitted to them upon the

who must have found themselves in the same circumstances.

completion of that year’ s training course. From that point on,

Succeeding T. Takami, she served as the director for 2 years

the organization continued its support with an increasingfrom April of 1990.

amount of grant year by year. Ten years later, they pledged to
grant travel costs and tuition for 25 participants.

One of her favorite things, while living a very simple life
and working all day long for ARI and the participants, was to

Director Takami made frequent business trips abroad toreunite with the graduates in their actual assignment sites byreport about ARI activities and show appreciation for the gen-joining ARI-sponsored ‘study tours to visit graduates’ manyerous support rendered by overseas churches and organiza-

times. Every time she did, she tried to evaluate contents oftions, as well as to solicit further support. All those activities

previous years’ training programs, identify new challenges,of his were conducted smoothly because of DeVries’ behind-and share the findings with other staff members upon coming

the-scenes work.

back ‘home’ .

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In remembrance, companions of ARI

共 に 歩 ん で くだ さっ た 人 々Rev. Um Tae-sung
1932〜2012R

ev. Um Tae-sung, a pastor of the Korean Methodist
Church, participated in The South-east Asia Course(SEAC) in the Theological Seminary for Rural Mission. His

A building called ‘Korai-kan’ (literally, Korean Pavilion),

learning and experience through the course are thought toerected on a hill facing Tsuruoka-Kaido Road at The Mogami

have had a great influence on his life. Completing the course

River bank, is the symbol of the history of their exchange. In

in 1966, he returned home and devoted his life to form rural

June 2012, a group of people from Tozawa Village Interna-

churches and to facilitate local community development.

ti ona l E x ch a ng e Associ a ti on vi si ted Song h a k Village

Often times he went beyond the self-imposed limits of what is(presently, a part of Jecheon City) where Rev. Um's activities

expected of a "pastor", conducting various projects aimed atwere based. The director of the Association, the Tozawa

enhancing the self-reliance of the community. Introducing

Village Head, Director of the Tourism Association and others

and promoting a credit union was one of them. His projects

were among those who participated in the trip.

were all financially independent. Such efforts of his deservedue credit in view of the mindset of the people at large indeveloping countries, even to this date, in that ‘leaders’ are
the ones who can skillfully and successfully draw funds from

In just a half year after their visit in November 2012, Rev.
Um passed away. In his lifetime, he served as one of the trustees of ARI in the 1990s.

donor agencies. The practices of Rev. Um were pioneering
work of an innovative model.
One of the many projects Rev. Um initiated, and the one thatlasted longest, was with Tozawa Village in Yamagata Prefecture. It was not like any other project conducted by Koreanchurches in that it did not wave an evangelical flag. Instead, it
simply tried to involve the community as a whole, aiming at
contributing to the growth and development of the people ofdifferent ages. The exchange program with Tozawa Village(Rev. Ban Hyung-wook and Mrs. Jeong Jeen-hae, a married
couple who are members of Rev. Um’ s church, Songhak
Church, were trained at ARI in 1983 through the recommendation of Rev. Um. After graduation, they worked in several
rural churches following the will of their mentor. They cameback to Japan as missionaries of the The Korean Methodist
Church in 2004 with their rich career greatly appreciated.
Ever since then, they have been working at ARI, sharing theirpractical wisdom with the next generation of rural leaders.)

still continues to this day. There have been more than one
hundred visits from Tozawa Village to Korea during these past
two decades or so.

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history

2003-20122003 APR The new logo mark of ARI was designed and offered by the Interblend Foundation. OCT The 30th
anniversary symposium, “Freedom from Hunger – The Challenges and Prospects of Organic Agriculture” was conducted .

2004 MARCH The basic concept of the training program wasreviewed, and the following reforms were made which placed an
importance on “endogenous development” as a base theme. (A) Provision of full consultation(B) Introduction of teaching methods tofacilitate participant-led discussions(C) Strengthening various

participatory methods (D) Improvement of evaluation techniques,
and(E) Provision of support for participants in completing gradu-

ation thesis by reevaluating oneself and one's community positively
and setting a new goals for the future.

JUNE

Installed a rainwater catchment tank and a ram pump, which pumps up water
without motor power, in the woods on the south side of the women’s dormitory, with instruction and cooperation givenby the AID Foundation in the Philippines. JULY

Conducted “A grassroots pilot project of sustainable integrated farm-ing and environmental conservation” with funding from JICA Grassroots Technical Cooperation Projects in Allahabad,
India (until June 2007). Teruo Miura, a former staff member managed the project at the site.

2005 JAN From this year onwards, only Japanese participants attended the Negros training. FEB G. DeVries
passed away in her home town in the State of Nebraska.

JUNE

ARI began accepting Japan Overseas Cooperation

Volunteers (JOCV) for their technical supplemental training. (It continues to this date, conducting several sessions a year with a period of
approximately 3 weeks each.)

JULY

ARI began accepting short-term

trainees on the program for local government workers from various
countries invited by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).

2006 MARCH Director K. Tasaka resigned, and was succeededby Isao Nozaki (taking office in April).
Empress visited ARI.

OCT

SEPT

Prize” of the Asia Pacific Forum Iue Memorial.

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The Emperor and the

ARI received the Asia Pacific “Culture2007 JAN A ceremony was held to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Santa Rita Training Center in Negros
Island, the Philippines. Twelve people attended from Japan, including the Japanese graduates of 2006 and general citizens,
who joined a study tour conducted afterwards.

SEPT

The Peace Symposium “Peace from Soil” was conducted on ARI's

campus as the “International Exchange Program Between Japan and Other UNESCO Member States” of the Asia-Pacific
Cultural Center for UNESCO.

OCT

Reprinted “Tsuchi to Tomo ni Ikiru” by T. Takami as a part of the 35th anniversary

projects.

2008 APR Received the 14th Distinguished Services Prize from the Japan Ecumenical Association. JUNE Inaugurated the founders’ meeting in Tokyo for “The 40th Anniversary Fund Raising Campaign”.

2009 FEB Received the Asahi Social Welfare Prize for the year 2008. MARCH Director I. Nozaki resigned, andwas succeeded by Kenichi Otsu (taking office in April). NOV

Conducted the Peace Symposium “Peace from Soil II.”

Held a charity concert at Meiji Gakuin Shirokane Chapel in Tokyo, sponsored by ARISA.

2010 MARCH Reviewed the basic concept of the training and revised it into the following 10 items. 1) The philosophy of “That We May Live Together” 2) Servant leadership 3) Foodlife 4) The idea of living together with nature 5) Localization 6) Community-based learning 7) Skills to live with others 8) The dignity of labor 9) Spiritual growth 10) Learning
attitude

SEPT ARISA sponsored “Peace Concert/ Peace Art Poster Exhibition” at the Kuroiso Cultural Center, attended

by 650 people.

2011 [Graduates reunions were held at various places on occasions such as the “Study tour to visit graduates.”This
year saw a particular development with gatherings in Sri Lanka (January), the Philippines and Nepal (February), and in
the States of Manipur and Nagaland of Northeast India (March). Staff members were dispatched to each meeting except
the one in Nepal. ]MARCHIn the afternoon on the 11th, the Great East Japan Earth-quake hit most of the northern half of the main island, affecting
also the ARI campus, located on a gentle mound in the suburb of
Nasushiobara City. The area registered magnitude 6- on theJapanese seismic scale. Greatly damaged were the main building,
Koinonia House, the women’s and men’s dormitories and manyothers. Electricity and water supply lines were cut off. As for thestaff members and volunteers, 30 people were on regular duties
on campus that day. Thankfully, all participants had already
returned to their home countries in December after the graduation ceremony and were therefore not on campus at this time. On
the 12th, a temporary administration office was set up in theadjacent Nasu Seminar House and all staff members resumed
their work. On the 14th, iodine and cesium contamination wasobserved in various spots on campus, caused by the hydrogen
explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. On the
18th, an extra issue of “Asia no Tsuchi” was mailed out nationwide, reporting on the damage situation and appealing for
donations aiming at 5 million yen for urgent restoration activities.
On the 31st, an official letter was sent to the standing board
committee of the Theological Seminary for Rural Mission locatedin the suburb of Tokyo, requesting that ARI be able to17

temporarily use the seminary facilities for the 2011 training program for theperiod of no more than 3 months. One week after that, on the 6th of April, theseminary replied that they would be ready and willing to fully cooperate by allmeans possible.

MAY

On the 2nd, a new term of the training started at theseminary. It continued there until the end of July. During this period, the staff
members and others were divided into two: one group in charge of the training at the seminary and the other in charge of administration businesses on
ARI campus. On the 14th, the dedication ceremony was held of the Farm Shopbuilding together with the 39th Opening Ceremonies, welcoming 20 participants and 1 training assistant.

AUG

The board of directors decided to halt “The 40th Anniversary Fund Raising Cam-paign” which was started 3 years ago, and to newly start the “Disaster Revival and Reconstruction Campaign” from theupcoming December, aiming at 530 million yen.

NOVThe Commencement Service was held about 2 weeks earlier

than in normal years.

2012 JAN NCC Japan Ecumenical Disaster Response Office (JEDRO), which was entrusted with disaster response
funds from around the world, donated a radioactivity measuring
device. With it, the “ARI Becquerel Center” was established at Nasu
Seminar House and started a food radioactivity measurement service
for the public. Members of Nasunogahara Residents' Association for
Radiation Protection (NRARP) gave its full cooperation for the operation and management.

APR

The 40th Opening Ceremony was heldat the Nasu Seminar House. A total of 30 people joined, i.e., 27 participants from 16 countries, 1 graduate intern and 2 training assistants.
JUNE

At the ARISA general meeting, the proposal for organizational

reform was accepted, including the change in Japanese naming(English naming and its abbreviation unchanged). The Board Chair
Akira Niwa suddenly passed away. Kenichi Otsu, the Director, took on
additional duties as the new Board Chair.

SEPT

Dedication

ceremony was held for the “New Koinonia House and classroom building – in remembrance of the late Akira Niwa.” DEC

The 40th Com-mencement Service was held in the new Koinonia House.

2013 [From right after the news of the Great Earthquake until September of 2013, various churches, organizations
and individuals both in Japan and overseas have given great help and support to ARI for the post-disaster reconstruction
activities.]

APR

The 41st Opening Ceremony was held with 32 participants, including one training assistant.

JULY

Dedication ceremony was conducted for the new men’ s dormitory (2 separate buildings to accommodate 43 residents)
and a new pigpen.

SEPT

On the 16th, the 40th anniversary ceremony and symposium was conducted. The theme:“Transformation at the Grassroots – Forty Years of Walking with Rural Leaders.” Guests along with many generations ofgraduates attended the ceremony.

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In remembrance, companions of ARI

共 に 歩 ん で くだ さっ た 人 々Dr. Akira Niwa
1935〜2012

D

r. Akira Niwa happened to come across the existence

Niwa was an MD and a professor emeritus of Dokkyo Medi-

of ARI for the first time while he was a professor at

cal University. His own grandfather, Mr. Kosuke Tomeoka,

Dokkyo Medical University, located in the central region of

was one of the well-known pioneers in social welfare in

Tochigi Prefecture. It was there that the then director T.

Japan. Regardless of the social status of himself and his family,

Takami contacted him for help in regards to an endemic

he was an openhearted person, who got along easily withdisease that an African participant was found suffering frompeople of many different walks of life. Although when excited,

after arriving in Japan. Decades later, in 2006, Dr. Niwa

he sometimes would talk in one go, in general he spoke in abecame the Board Chair of ARI and served two consecutive

calm manner. “The work of ARI,” he often emphasized, “rests

terms, or for 6 years.

on the war responsibility of Japan during WWII.”

In the middle of the 1990s, he established a social welfare

After the March 11 Earthquake of 2011, by which manyorganization named ‘Hitomugi-fukushi kai’ (literally, “One-buildings on the campus were severely damaged, there

grain-of-wheat Welfare Institution” ), and assumed its Board

seemed not a single day that he was not seen on campus. Driv-

Chairmanship as well. In neither of those duties did he evering well over two hours one way from his home to come tocompromise his work. As the ARI Board Chair, he did his best,

the damaged site, he literally devoted all of his available time

especially in reconstructing its financial conditions. So prof-

to be with the staff members to lead the post-disaster recon-

icient in finance management himself, he even preparedstruction activities. Just as he was beginning to consider con-financial statements for the board meetings every time. In

tinuing on to his third term so as to fulfill the Board Chair’s

addition, he proposed income-generating activities throughresponsibility until the last stage of recovery from the disas-self-help efforts and set up an Income Generation Section

ter, on the 25th of June, 2012, he suddenly passed away. He

within ARI to promote the sales of processed foods utilizing

was only 76.

farm produce harvested from the fields on campus. Furthermore, he made efforts to talk to his friends about the workand mission of ARI whenever possible, which later resulted inwinning new supporters. .

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The ARI Graduates(1241 persons)

Graduates of the South East Asia Course* indicates deceased persons(116 persons)

The Asian Rural Institute counts the 116 graduates of the South East Asia Course (1960 - 1972)
as its own graduates. The list below includes the 9 short-term trainees from that period.

1960 Korea Oh Seh-chul / Cho Young-hie Japan Michiko Tonegawa Taiwan
Ming-Fang Hsu / Chin-Fong Hoang / Cheng-Yi Yu / Shy-Ming Huang

Bangladesh（then East Pakistan） Paul Munshi F.S. Micronesia
Madhilde Epel* / Linter Epel Korea Park Jong-soo Thailand Tanorm
Srisuwan* / Samran Koangwaen / Wilai Tipakorn

1968

Korea Kei Chang-bong* / Ahn Hee-kuk Papua New Guinea Dick
Bernardus Rumbino* Philippines Camilo T. Toledo* / Baltazar H. Rosales* /Narciso Quimba Ibarra* Taiwan Hsin-En Chao / Chen-Ken Chang / Hsin-Chi
Lin Thailand Charoen Suttasarn*

1961

1969 India Jacket B. Emmanuel / Emmanuel S. Marandi / George E. RatnamIndonesia Melkias B. Liufeto Korea Cho Wan-kul Thailand Pipat Chaisurin* / Tanorm Weerapanta* / Prapan Sae Ho Hoprayun

Myanmar Saw Eddie Loo Philippines Artemio T. Auste*
Malaysia Ling-Kwong Lee Taiwan Jong-Siong Chuo / Kwei-Song Chung
Thailand Somboon Daengruan*1970 India Abiya Pasad Tandi* / Bomraspet Manikya Rao / Reuben
Senapati / Tukeram S. Kamble Korea Nam Won-Sik / Choi Byong-ChilMalaysia Peter K. Gani Philippines Urbano Lamoste* / Jorge E. Rubio
Taiwan Ling-Yueh Pan

1962

Indonesia Hadarian A. Pasaribu Korea Moon Yong-oh / Lee
Dou-syub Philippines Cesario T. Alegado / Leodegario A. Milambling
Taiwan Chiou-Tsai Hwang / Maw-Hsing Say Thailand Ampai Glinhawn* /Boonsri Glinhawn

1963

India Niranjan Ekka / Benjamin Asai* / R. Moses Premanandam /Sushil Kumar Baria Japan Kiyoshi Nagashima Korea Kim Dai-sik / Yoon
Jung-man Malaysia Chon Kong Kang / Kuan Leong Loh Philippines David
O. Ubay / Maximo B. Dizon Thailand Sila Wangchai* / Taratorn Sirimontaporn

1971

India Easow Mar (V. T. Koshy)* Korea Park Keun-won / Lee
Chang-bok / Kim Mal-joon Philippines Jose G. Mejica* / Ramona D. Loyola* /Jose L. Ibalarrosa* Thailand Charul Uprakham* / Mien Pongnoi*

1964

1965 India Budh Singh* / Christ M. S. Kandulna Korea Lee Jong-sung
Malaysia Joshua Bunsu Philippines Alejandro H. Dugaduga* / Pedro
Trinidad Samoa Risatisone Ete / Fereni Ete Taiwan Yu-Tian Lin / JihHsin Hsu
Thailand Somboon Bromwongkwa* / Nira Kamhangsong* / Boonsong Arkniyar* / Subhan Doungnate
1966 India Narsingh Nagu Korea Choi Woo-keun / Um Tai-sung* / Kim Jong-ill
Philippines A. Juan B. Sicwaten* / Leon Lorico* Taiwan Wen Jyh Shyu /Hok-Leong Chhia Thailand Prakob Suwannagul* / Jumnian Suwannagul

1972 India Simon Gnanasundaramani* / David B. Singh / Robert M. Singh
Japan Koji Sasaki* Korea Cho Moon-ki* / Kim Eun-kyu Malaysia Hee
Sing Chong / Lai Ching Kwan Nepal Renuka Bala Neupane* / Laxmi Prasad
Neupane Sri Lanka T. Kirupanandarajah Thailand Songdej Kusawadee* /Kajorn Chawyong / Paitoon Seedangchun / Klaus Prinz Vietnam Trong Quy
Truong1960-1972

1967 China（Hong Kong） Philip (Kuri Shin) Sun India Haman Lakra*
Philippines Ofelia Bartolome / Nathaniel Espantar Taiwan Yuh-Po
Hwang Malaysia Busitt Duangkaomai

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Asian Rural Institute
Graduates of the Rural Leaders Training Course(1049 persons)

The list of graduates below (1973-2012) covers only those who successfully completed the full curriculumof the Asian Rural Leaders Training Institute, as authorized by the Governor of Tochigi Prefecture, and
who were accordingly awarded a certificate. Short-term participants are not included.

1973-2012
graduates

Bangladesh Augustine Talukdar / Ruben Toppo /Jerome Sardar India Kaleshwar Kachhap Japan
Teruo Miura / Ko Ooka Korea Lee Bock-hee / Lee
Hyung-kon* Malaysia Thomas Thoung / Stanley G. Muling / William Mapan
Thailand Chana Karawanon*

1973

Bangladesh Aruna Adhikari / Noel T. Adhikary / Symon
P. Adhikary / James Ruran Ghana Comfort Love
Owusu-Kena India Vitoi K. Sema / Kunnel J. Jacob / K.
V. Sosamma Thomas / K. V. Thomas / U. S. Samuel / Peter O. Isaac / Jayashree
Biswas Indonesia Supandri C. Paulus / Jasahliaman Damanik / Timbul E. Rajagoekgoek* Japan Masaki Sato Liberia Esther M. Innis / Blanche H. Richards Malaysia Wilson Sigai Philippines Carolina L. Salido / Beulah P.
Bautista Sri Lanka Samuel E. Stembo / Bernadine P. David / Leelawathie
Withanage / Mahatun K. Jayasinghe / Kshanti T. Alles Thailand Saiphon
Hinpang / Manun M. Nantawisut / Nuntawee Charoensap / Plernpit Narmwong

1979

Cambodia In Yuthea Laos Kengchanh Phongsavang
India Pichai Satyasurya / Esther Singh / Michael J.
Marandi / Subhash J. Barik / Kollory Manuel Indonesia
Manja Kondamesa* / Jacob J. Tuhumury Korea You Calm-young

1974

Bangladesh Sunil Kumar Talkder*/ Bivash Singha
India Konathu Joseph John* / Sona Wakoba Gaikwad* /Ignacio Almeida Malaysia Margarete Anto / BahChongweh / Bah Helah Philippines Angelina Bisuna Thailand Chandee
Chairatana* / Suchitra Buntusarnee

1975

Bangladesh Lucy A. Baroi / Anthony Palma /Monorama Mitra / Jessie A. Guha / Sree R. Sarkar
Ghana Robert C. Erzuah India Hemlata Prakash /Sunirmal Karmakar* / Ruy Mascarenhas / V. S. Mayonsing / Ivan Clifford
Indonesia Mochamad Syachrir M. Z. Japan Yoshihito Okamura Korea
Choi Eun-hee / Min Joung-wong Nigeria Olusola Odunsi / Ebenezer Odunsi
Pakistan Nazir Hasrat Philippines Luke B. Busaing / Maria Tacalan /Josabeth Marana Sri Lanka J. Seenithamby Ravindran / Wijendra De Silva
Thailand Sritorn Kunna / Plearnpit Chaininphun / Wangnakon Chaimongkol

1980

Ghana John E. Ackeifi* Bangladesh Daniel T. Baroi* /David D. Dewri / Mildred Sardar Anwar / Earnest Amrita
Lal Roy* / Latika Baroi Fiji Mikili Livani India
Simeon C. Vaz / Virginia P. Solanki / Ardhendu S. Chatterjee / Ambuja E. Kasim /Mary Pershad Japan Tadamitsu Katsurahara Malaysia Fabian Saging /Chong Chong Bing Nigeria Sidney Osuji Sri Lanka Bahula Perera Weerawardana* / Dorothy Peiris Thailand Joseph R. Tangsurakit / Jinda Laklam /Amporn Danpongping

1976

Bangladesh Golam M. Chowdbury* India Harish
Chotani / Annamma Abraham / D. P. Panmei / Marianus
Ekka / Reni K. Jacob / Dorothy Sreenivasa Rao / M. P.
Sreenivasa Rao / Teisovilhou Tungoe Indonesia Ganti Y. S. Meliala / Albert
Foret Korea Kim Jung-he* / You Woo-youl Liberia Dixon K. Kamue
Malaysia Esther Tatan Philippines Glorioso Baluntong / Fernando
Bagyan Japan Izumi Murakami Sri Lanka Puji T. Gunawardana / B. Clarence I. Mendis / Cyril Jayasinghe* / J. K. Walter Silva* / Chistina SamuelTaiwan Sheng-an Lin Thailand Prakit Kumduangdao / Vanda Chiemvisuit /Jerawan Chairatana

Bangladesh Amita Baroi / Sunil K. Halder / Paul Biswas
India Vemmelil K. Rachelamma / Russell Thompson
Wells /Gnanasigamoni W. Devanbu / Thomas Varghese /Mehar Singh*/ Salomi S. Singh Korea Lee In-shir Pakistan Sammuel
Naseem* / Dorothy Harrion*/ Ishaq M. Gill Philippines A. Lucila Mar
Toriaga / Jonathan Catedral / Visitacion Precioso / Joan Abonero Sri Lanka
Palitha Welikala / D. A. Ariyadasa / S. G. De Alwis / N. J. Perera / Lakshman
Perera / Indrani Perera Wijesinghe Thailand Wichian Charoensap

1981

1977

Bangladesh Bikash Adhikary / Sujit K. Baroi / Helen
Howlader / David Sarker Liberia Roye Dixon Carter* /Morris Fofana Ghana Nathaniel Dodd India
Madhuri Mukuhty / Alexander Mathew / Yeshawant Kamble / Sunchu Devadass /Dhormojoya Asha / Mukul Rai / P. Mariamma Thomas Indonesia Adipidekso Boas / Selamat Barus Japan Masaki Yano / Osamu Murata Korea Ok
Yong-yoon / Lee Joon-hee Nepal Prabhu Dan Gurung Pakistan Reuben
Haq / Naheed Suleman Philippines Roberto Abao / Luzaminda Padlo* /Adelaida B. Baesa / Julia Defeo Sri Lanka Malini C. Godagama* / S. Alfred
Cherubim / Lakprabha Panditharatne Thailand Suradej Chaiwongkeo /Srisuk Daranond / Rawiwan Songsaeng / Sukhum Srisang India Prabhat
Failbus

1978

Bangladesh Nirmol Richil / Nirendra Chisim / Sannuam
Bawm Sri Lanka Theivendaram Vigneswaran Ghana
Agnes A. Ansa India G. Sugirthan Thamby Raj / Daniel
Chelladurai / Niechulo Kreo* / Vikiezonuo Kire / Chandra M. S. Bhatia Indonesia
Amsal Sinuraya / Matius P. Barus Japan Yuzo Asami / Reiko Asami Kenya
Jennifer Kanake / Misheck Kanake Korea Choi Jae -wha Liberia Peter
Demawu Myanmar Saw Mar Gay Gyi Palau Kabidor Taima Papua New
Guinea Mabia Lepo / Mang Takiseng Philippines Wenceslao Molato /Felix Vergara / Ma. Josephine Maravillas / Juliana Domingo Thailand Kamol
Harichaikul / Anuluck Pilarat Tonga Mele Kamitoni

1982

21

Ratio of Graduates’ countries and continents
The

1,049 Graduates of ARI’s

Most of them are Asians.

Rural Leaders Training Course
are from

54

different countries
Bangladeshis
7%24
countries

19
countries

7
countries4
countries

Filipinos
8%

Indians17.5 %
Kenyans
2.3 %Japanese5%AfricaLiberians
2.1 %Africa

Asia

Asia

79.6%

16.8%

Pacific
Latin America

Latin America
0.9%

Pacific
2.4%

Liyanapedigedera* Thailand Paisarn Pilokham / Chatchai Rachasuwan /Napada Ambuprabha / Leam Wongphabood / Wichien Poungporn / Somyot
Suparpornhemin Tonga Tupou T. Puleiku Zambia Getrude Chifita

Bangladesh Md. Naziullah / Paul Desai India I. S. M.
Selvaraj / Sarah Mao / Vilarheingunuo Neinuo Kire / Eleanor
Abraham / Peter Devanbu Indonesia Jason Ronsumbre /Sahat Sihombing / Eddy Susanto / Yohanis Tandung Japan Sumio
Yamashita Korea Ban Hyung-wook / Chung Jeen-hae / Park Nam-sik
Liberia Nimley Sieh Philippines Leopoldo Naive / Anee Y. Guloy /Nepthalie Bascoguin Sri Lanka Loyola Ponnavila / Anselm Fernando / John
P. Illesinghe* Thailand Tsong Sri In Keau* / Uma Chareonsap / Ruenchai
Noy Pombejra / Sriporn Sadatoo Nepal Phaud Thapa India Mathew
George Zambia John Nyondo

1983

Bangladesh Md. Mottalebur Sarker / Md. Abdur Rahim /Nem Kim Bawm / Clara Biswas India Serenah Valui /Yohannan Chacko / Mashangam M. K. / Viswanadham
Luther Pullagura / Vekriyi Venyo / Hupuabou Newmei Indonesia Markus D.
Pabunga Korea Mun Sang-bum Nigeria Emmanuel Cannon Adeyelu
Philippines Roberto Dalisay / Era E. Colmo / Reynald Ventura / Gigi
Baldovino El Salvador Israel Espana Olmos Sierra Leone Amara Fofanah Sri Lanka T. Selvarajah Kulasekaran* / Sripathy Kandiah / K.A.N.D.
Kodisinghe / P.A.J. Menike Swaziland Teresa Chiya Tanzania Elias
Bugoke Thailand Cherdchai Chaiwong / Sawang Suriya / Narong Tongsuk /Preticia Kamei Tongsuk Uganda Godfrey Mutesasira Zambia Elizabeth
Chishimba

1987

Bangladesh Luke Gain / Feroza Chowdhury / Dipak K.
Ghosh / Anil K. Roy / Sukla Sengupta Ghana Aizake
Henry Armoo / David Ashiley India Purushottam B.
Rathod / Vingozu Thapru / Ellen Konyak Phamna / Shanthi Kurien / Y. John
Yesupadam / Thuankubui Pamei Indonesia Halle Powatu / Octavina Yeblo
Lesomar / Fientje Jarangga Trinidad & Tobago Lucy Mahabir Kenya
Augustine Omoto Chitayi Korea Park Joon-soon / Bae Ick-hwan / Choi
Pu-ock Malaysia Hwee Noi Tan Myanmar Kareng Hting Nan / She Ka
Wee Nepal Krishna Gurung Thailand Kanyanee Wilaikul Philippines
Adeltrudis Lopez, O. S. A.* / Jane S. Sapaen / Ma. Claribelle Jugueta, O. S. A. /Christaine Faculo Sierra Leone Amadu Lamin Serry* Sri Lanka Tyronne
A. G. Stephen* Tanzania Joseph Ngereza Thailand Sopa Tamachotipong

1984

Bangladesh Meers Mankhin / Nasiruddin Ahmed
Burundi Leonard Niyibizi El Salvador Samuel E.
Fuentes Escobar* India Vio Martha Gracy / Ngonamei
Sangsethuiliu Chawang / Mohinder Munder Singh / Thomas Mathew / Neisalie
Losou / G. Sugantha Kumar / Selvaraj Novle Chandran / Palimutton Chacko /Ajanuo Belho Indonesia Frans Albert Mamesah Kenya Peter John
Machira Korea Kim Tae-hyun Liberia Jack Seibeh Nepal Ganesh B.
Gurung Pakistan Eliezer Mall Papua New Guinea Alicia Toroi Philippines
Zosimo Buerano / Cristita Malon Pacatang / Leonila S. elardo O. S. A. / Virginia
B. Cervantes O. S. A. / Jaime Ramoran Sri Lanka M. Padma Gamalath* /Srianthie M. Salgado / Asaiththampey Samithamby Tanzania Magdalena
Leon Shiyyo Thailand Chomchuan Boonrahong / Suchada Kuanpinij / Rosana
Tositrakul Zambia Judith E. Ngoma Chisenga

1988

Bangladesh Islam Khan Thariqul Pathan India P.
Reddy Kosanam / A. Hongsha Maring / Techa M. Ronglo /Ahiam Panmei / Abraham Dharmakan Indonesia
Firman P. Ginting Kenya Benson Kithingji Bujanga* Korea Yun Suk-yong /Kim Kwang-shik Liberia Winston Carter Myanmar L. Hkun Gam
Philippines Elizabeth Grace P. Francisco / Luis Arueza Solomon Islands
Aaron Bea / M. Korisa Bea Swaziland Ephriam Khumalo / Elmon Ndlela
Tanzania Abdul M. Nchahaga / Mwatumai Mwanjota Thailand Aiem Sa-Ad
Piromchai / Chanhom Jaiyai / Arun Korkaew F.S. Micronesia Youber S.
Jossien Zambia Nellah Ngoma Sinoya* / Cephas Sinoya*

1985

Bangladesh Florence Biswas Ethiopia Solomon
Nigatu / Berhane Michael India Bithi Sinharoy /Surender Singh / Awungshi Realson / Awadhesh Mishra /Magimai Kumutha / Sanotla Lamlang Khayaisang / Christopher Solomon Gundala / Joaquim Fernandes / Devairakkam David / Ketholezo Sorunuo / Agnes
Vimala Japan Minoru Nakayama Korea Won Hye-dug / Kim Jun-kwon /Um Chin-hi Nepal Beena Gurung Mozambique Juliao Daglasse Nigeria
Ayuba Kari Dauda Papua New Guinea Dick Gavun Kolai Philippines
Encarnacion Lunario / Jose Carlos Laud Salazar* / Danilo L. Bustamante
Sierra Leone Elizabeth F. Sesay South Sudan (then Sudan) Gabriel M.
Adam Sri Lanka Somasundram Balachandran Tanzania William Munisi /Rose Gama Thailand Thanawalai Jaroenjandang* / Jirapan Panwang / Bamrung
Kayotha / Arunee Weingsang

1989

Bangladesh Anwar Hussain / Prodip Baidya El Salvador Luis O. Pleites Moran Fiji Sairusi Vasake
India Thangkhomang Haokip / Shwelo Thong / Joseph
Rodrigues / John Mathew / M. Komuni Mao / Bikash Bori / T. Stephen George
Indonesia Sasi Saniman Japan Takeshi Murakami / Hideki Yabuki Kenya
John B. Mugecha Karume Lesotho Simon Moruti P. Ntleu Malaysia
Asuthas Chinnapan Myanmar Saw Mac Donald* / Naw Paw Wah / Naw
Greeta Din / Ding Rin Brang Nepal Ram K. Shrestha Philippines Maximo
Clave Alvarez, Jr.* / Connie Illastron / Alicia Gibaga / Joel Alviar / Helen Reala /Nieves C. Ebing Apostol Sierra Leone Alie P. Tarawally Sri Lanka Leela

1986

22

first participant from Latin America

Trinidad & Tobago

Latin America
35

30

25

20

Asia
first participants fromAfrica and the Pacific

15

Ghana
Nigeria
Fiji

Pacific
105Africa
1973

1983

1993

2003

2013

Bangladesh Shyamal Prokash Adhikary / Habib Ahsan /A.K.M. Faziul Huq India Chandraprabha G. Ghargre /Chozhule Kikhi / Lienkhomang Lhoujem / Lily Luisa
Nateson / Tabitha Naulak / Medonuo Venyo / Thenmozhi BalakrishananIndonesia Setiawan Sitepu* Kenya Mary Juliet Chipa* / Muthoni Madrine
Gatumu / Paul Mbuthia Mutune* Myanmar Saw Melvin Eway / Steven Van Bik
Nepal Bhim Prasad Adhikari Nigeria Ezekiel Adekunle Adejuwon Pakistan
Liaqat Ali Philippines Guillermo F. Magbag / Hossana F. Guzman Sri Lanka
Dhiunugalge E. K. Mendis / Sarathchandra W. Fernando Thailand Raungchai
Putichan Uganda Stuart Sempala

Bangladesh Par Nem Kawmlau / Nilima Mazumder
Fiji Momoivalu Rayacarogo / Paula T. Valevou Ghana
Moses Mottey India Mariamma Mathew / Pascal Mary
Antony / Ganesh T.P. / Suresh Rajanayagom George / Buonthangmawi Inbuon /Malliga Jeyapandy / Dinesh Murmu Indonesia Rusmin Purba Kenya
Peter Chandi / Jonathan Musango / Mzungu Raphael Ngoma / Rose Alenga
Korea Lee Jang-seop Malaysia John Salomon Myanmar Tuang Khan
Kap Philippines Batucan Veronica O. S. B. / Mario Fungo / Renato Miguel / Jose
Felino Resol Sierra Leone Albert Kamara Sri Lanka Wimal Dissanayake/ Radakrishnan Ganeshapillai Tanzania Jane Theclar Keto Thailand
Lamai Ponchomchun / Sri-Air Suttisan Zambia Pennah Sautale*

1990

1994

Bangladesh Sikha Roy / Rekha Sarker Ethiopia
Belachew Lemma Tolla India John Yesuadian Manogaran / Tychicus C. Devanand / Marosang Kilang* Indonesia
Debora Purada Sinaga Japan Satoshi Tsukamoto Kenya Grace Wambui
Mbae Myanmar U Maung Muang / Saw Andrew Chan Poo Nigeria
Oluseglin-Alaba Olaleye Philippines Ester Tacakena Rufino / Julito Verdin
Serna / Esperanza Decina Sri Lanka Chandana K. Senaratne / Laxman M.
Palamura Taiwan Kuo Hsiung Chiu Tanzania Martha Sifuel Shayo
Thailand Smai Sae-Pae / Torsak Prakhamthong / Tadchnune VayamhasuwanZambia Susi Roda NachulaBangladesh Martin Adhikary / Frida Diaz / Samarendra
Mitra Ghana Albert Kofi Adamu India Atouu Kezienuo Sekhose / Kimjalam Touthang / Dal Ngo Sukzo
Bawmkhai / Bijan Krishna Mandal / Lanotla Kasar / Bibeka Nanda Biswal /Ningreiwon Angkang Indonesia Aatje Carolina Tirie Japan Yoko
Tsuchizaki Myanmar Ela Mee / Kai Seng Maran Nepal Krishna Bahadur
Thapa / Murari Mohan Adhikari / Sayni Chaudhary Philippines Celenia Luci
Jamig / Wilfredo C. Vargas Guinea Bissau Amadu Mustafa Jau Sierra
leone Abu Bakarr Kamara Sri Lanka M. D. W. G. Jayawardene / Sarath
Laksiri Peiris / Nimal Rnandewa Lokuliyana Uganda William Kigongo* / Elly
Kuteesa Wasswa Mwanje

1995

1991

Ethiopia Sahlesilassie Amare Abebe / Asres Bezuwork
Mersha Ghana Augustine Yaw Opoku India Juliet
Theresita / Shamanthaka David / Sentiyanger Jamir /Ningtharla Khapudang / Saikhuma Ralte Indonesia Gultom Suniarny Tiorman
Japan Hiroaki Imaizumi / Rie Ikemoto / Muneo Ishikawa / Terumi Miura /Hiroshi Nishijima / Jun Hanaoka Kenya Tabitha Wanjuki Munyi Korea
Park Kee-yang Madagascar Germain Ranaivosoa Myanmar Thang Hlun
Nepal Shiva Prasad Dhungel / Juddha Bahadur Thapa Papua New Guinea
Leon Ban Yall Philippines Tita Garcia Matusalim / Agalyn Diola Salah Sri
Lanka U. L. Mohammed Naseer Tanzania Rose Shiwala Mattu Thailand
Sanoh Promsawat / Udorn Piewkhaow Uganda Twesigye Richard Tumusiime
Sierra Leone Morris Bernard Foday

1996

Bangladesh Biswas Kashinath / Mridha Sunil Kumal /Shila Dewri El Salvador Jose Antonio Serrano India
Namridinbou Charenamei / Shanmgam Ayyappan / Zimik
Mingthingla Indonesia Tandjaja Santje / Sinuhaji Sarjana / Justus Junus
Puasa Japan Eiko Mukae / Konno Satoru Kiribati Been Toromon Korea
Shin Hyun-doo / Park Han-sook / Lee Sang-chung Myanmar Dau Gyung
Philippines Celito Grona Penos / Loida Galilea Lianora Sri Lanka Seyed
S. S. Alalvi / Gamalathge D. G. Kalyanie Tanzania Pamfili Satori Masashua
Uganda Elisha Kayabya Zambia Judith Chilufya Lingashi

1992

Ghana Albert Donkor India Hmingthangi Colney /Letkhojang Touthang / S. Pusuhu Theluo / Cherian Markose / Ramchan Philip Ruivah Indonesia Wesly Lingga/ Anna Christina Pangaribuan / Lerritio Ariati Panjaitan Japan Tomokazu
Takeyama / Akiko Kanematsu Korea Park Soon-ja / Lee Ree-aae Nepal
Ratna Dhungel / Hari Bahadur Shrestha Philippines Rogelio M. Legaspi
Sierra Leone Idrissa Deen Kamara Sri Lanka A.N. Ganewatta / Upasena
Samarasinghe South Africa Ngcingwana Thembeka Tanzania Vincent
Yindi Nzuzu / Ninian Zacharia Ssebuyoya Thailand Panya Mankeb /Lanthom Jonjoubsong Uganda John Moses Busulwa

1993

Ghana Thomas A. Adzey India Lhingnu Touthang /Sunil Singh / Ngulie Rentta / Regimon Markose /Paokame Longpane Lanio / Gwayhunlo Khing Rengma
Japan Takanori Satoyama / Naoyuki Tasaka / Munetada Yasuda / Nobuyuki
Tagashira Kenya Geoffrey M. Musyoka Myanmar Donald Paul Nepal
Kalpana D. Devkota Nigeria Joy Onyebuchim Ajima Papua New Guinea
Gemtausu Rufus Atusamu Philippines Eugene L. Ofo-ob Sri Lanka
Bandula Weerasingha / Indunil Paranawithana Uganda Gorreth Nabasirye*

1997

23

Ratio of female
and male Graduates

Male

Female

62.7%

37.2%

> 600 pers.

Male

Female

2013

2003

1993

< 400 pers.

1983

Yearly Average

16.6 persons

9.8 persons

1973

India Jisaya Tandia / Thongkhup Doungel / Shamim
Sylvaster Gamal / Robert Gabriel Machado / Tlau Lalhmingthanga Indonesia Mathius Sarangnga / Dina
Hendrina Rumsaur* / Benni Maklianto Siregar Japan Masaru Yamazaki /Fumiko Yasuda / Hitoshi Kato Kenya Charles Okoth Owako* Korea Lee
Moo-heun / Gie Cheal-suu Lesotho Teboho Fabia Kulati Myanmar Naw
Lee Myar Nepal Shanta Chaudhary / Ram Hari Devkota / Sushma Pant
Philippines Fortunato Rosel Jr. / Jovy Bantang Fodulla Sri Lanka M.
Sumanananda Thero / Wiraj Nallaperuma Tanzania Regina Bamuhiga

30

25

20

15

10

5

0

5

10

15

Bangladesh Nasima Khanam* / Shahinur Begum / Victoria
Biswas Cameroon Billian Nyuykighan Njodzeka
India P. Losa / Narayanan Kaliyodath / Arulappan
Arokiadoss / Noble Chandradoss Gembeeram Indonesia Janri Parknson
Damanik / Rein Justin Gultom / Jonsen Sembiring Japan Keiko Kawaguchi /Naoyoshi Watanabe / Haruka Kubota / Yoshimitsu Asaina / Natsuko Furukawa* /Yoichiro Shindo Liberia Grace Miller-Kanadakai Myanmar Ro KharThang / San Min Tun / Stylo Pakistan Saima Naheed Sohotra Philippines
Susana Mabuan Indino / Gregorio Atanacio Villanueva Sierra Leone Alie Bangura
Sri Lanka K. Hemajith Premarathna* / T.L. Mahammed Makeen Thailand
Ketsuda Phutta

2002

1998

Ethiopia Getachew Gebeyebu* India Vanlal Muanpuia
Bapui / Onkholun Haokip / Enigar Rympiet / Khaling
Shanganaidar Tontang Indonesia I Gede Mustika
Japan Mamiko Yoshida / Junko Marutani / Kaori Sakuma / Kisaku Uchida /Yoko Yamazaki Kenya Moses Ochieng Ochiel Korea An Cheon-seong /Lee Keun-ju Liberia Miatta Tata Roberts Myanmar Saw Borneo / Nang
Shwe Htwe / Mai Yuzana Tun Than / U Shi Moa Pakistan Gulnaz Sohitra
Papua New Guinea Davidson Dineyal Makaupa Sri Lanka A. Chanaka
Thilakarathna

1999

Bangladesh Afrosa Siddika Cambodia Sothea Sok
Cameroon Sylvester Enongene Nzene / Glory Zuh Azenoi
Gambia Lamin Badjie Ghana Theresa Addobea
Twumasi India Vijayasingh Ronald David / Jojo Augustine Indonesia
Jumarni / Tigor Sibombing / Merli Simbolon Japan Taichi Kimura / Kimio
Murakami Kenya Andrew Onyango Achar Korea Woo Eui-bom Liberia
Dorcas Reeves Smith Myanmar Ni Ni Myint / Twa Mann / Saw Jackson /Brang Nu Nepal Meena Bhandari Philippines Milagros Cama-eg Dapuyen
Sri Lanka Subramaniam Sivapackiyam / Subashinee Jayasekara / Komathy
Arumugam Tanzania Restituta Gabriel Kanoni Thailand Saengthip Khemarat
Uganda Candiga Samson

2003

India Zacivolu Rhakho / Joseph Abonmai Indonesia
Liberthin Tarigan / Josep Pariaungan Matondang /Samuel Sihombing Japan Makoto Abe / Harumi Sato /Ayumi Ishii / Suya Fujisawa Kenya Jane Muthoni Kaburu / Wenslause
Khaoya Mukhwana* Liberia David Gayflor Foday Sr. Myanmar Mai Hnin Yi/ U Myint Nwe Nepal Mohan Das Shrestha Philippines James Ngala
Boliget / Ned Tim Galing Mapangdol / Gabriel Edjan Estil / Aquilino Tagle
Toledo Sri Lanka D.S. Pathmasiri / Niranjala Hemamalee Manchanayaka / J.A.
Chamika Tanzania Christina Aletaramo Kwayu Uganda Josemarie Kizito

2000

Bangladesh Swopan Adhikary / Shefaley Begum /Salema Khatun / Shaheen Naznin Cameroon DohnahGeorge Foncha Ghana Amos Banmarigu India
Muthu Kuttadamma / Jayesh Saloman Kambale / Edwin Margaaret Molomoo
Japan Makito Fujii / Chiemi Tachibana / Hiroyuki Inoue / Harue Shimizu /Masanori Osaka Myanmar Amos Di Van / Ngai Men Nepal Til Kumari Pun /Ram Raji Pokhrel Nigeria Isaac Adegoke Okunloye Philippines Phoebe
Delmonte Mission / Alma B. Leyson / Gilbert Pinnoy Hoggang / Gaudencia
Melon Tinagan Sri Lanka M. Renuka B. Gunawardanae Uganda Jean
Pierre Ntegyeye Zambia Paul Samba

2004

Bangladesh Tapoti Rani Baidya Cambodia Phalla
Chea Ghana Bernard Timothy Appau Haiti Deslandes
Exil India Grace Valliammal Munuswami / Sheela Nayak /Santan Elias Gonsalves / Pfokrehrii B. Kape Indonesia Hardy L. Tobing /Ramos Simanjuntak / Juris Tarigan Japan Harutaka Hamada / Rokuji
Kitahara / Shoko Koshida Kenya Pamela Akoth Okoth Korea Son Daniel
Liberia Jeremiah Mataldy Bondo / Marpue Mamba Speare Myanmar Lazarus /Sai Noon / Aung Thwin Oo Pakistan Asiaa Khan Rasheed Philippines
Daniel Kon'ek Longatan Sri Lanka Annet P. Kabistan Royce / Hemalatha
Kulathunga / Iyampillai Loganathan Zambia Judith Friday Daka

2001

Bangladesh Shikha Rozario / Rina Adhikary / Farhana
Akter / Aney Sarkar Benin Mahoussi Joseph Gbedji
Bhutan Rajan Rai India Thangsat Kipgen / Madhabi
Lata Mondal / Sharadamma / Kunjunjamma Charivukalayil Samuel / Mutsezo
Tetseo Indonesia Veny Julita Tampubolon / Tumiar Simatupang Togatorop

2005

24

Numbers and Ratios of Graduates’ Religions

Christians
76.9% (810 pers.)

Muslims

3% (31 pers.)

35

30

25

20

15

Others,non-Religious

107.1% (74 pers.)

Hindus

Buddhists

4.7% (49 pers.)

58.1% (85 pers.)

1973

1983

1993

2003

2013

Cambodia Ban Ven Cameroon Ajong Christina Fonge
China Chun Xia Guo Ghana Kingsley Namka
Nurokina India Karunan Sudhakar / Mangvung Hechin
Lheikho-chin Haokip Indonesia Hugo De Groot Nababan Japan Tatsuya Higashijima / Erika Saito / Moe Takenoshita / Maiko Horiike Kenya Emmanuel Karisa
Baya / Kisimbiri Francisco Singoro Laos Houmphan Sengchanthong Myanmar
Saw San Doh / Saw Shekina / Sheila / Naw Pathi Paw Nepal Bishwa Raji
Gurung / Roshani Kunwar / Nir Maya Rana Pakistan Mahnaz Philippines
Nazario Dulnuan Tuguinay / Marie Lomino La-ao Sierra Leone Josephine
Memuna Sharka Sri Lanka H. Thushara Nilmini Thailand Khanuengnit
Polkhayan / Siwakorn Odochao Togo Edo Agbodo Zambia Lilly Kudzai Phiri

Japan Hiroyuki Tanaka / Miyuki Okabe / Mitsumi Orita / Yuta Sawai / Moichi
Hayata Liberia Priscilla Entsua / Grace Agordo Myanmar Tum Hniang /Daniel Myo Aung / Sa Mu Ye Bya / Mg Than Khaing Nepal Ratna Parasad Sapkota
Philippines Ariel Guiquin De la Cruz / Catalino Abatayo Genayas Jr. Sri Lanka
Ranjani K. Adikarinayaka Mudiyanselage / Janaka A. D. Polambegoda Polambegoda Uganda Jolly Charles Takoowa Kalema Zambia Habeenzu Simamba

2009

Bangladesh Rina Rani Moulik / Mir Suraiya Ahmed Tutu /Biswajit Kumar Sarker Benin Kochole Etienne Obossou
Cambodia Veasna Ouk Cameroon Moses Abora Abia /Oscar Fortsin Nkweche / Theodora Tirbaban India Channappa Gavirangappa / Mary S. Pungroila Maram / Babycha Devi Mangsatabam Indonesia
Sihar Alaris Sinaga / Osten John Matondang Japan Hikari Aoki / Koshi Ito
Korea Jang Se-hoon Liberia Wiyata Johnson Nimley Myanmar Neely
Lai Uk / Za Khar Nepal Tejendra Poudel Philippines Annalyn C. Rosaban /Lourdes Augusto Sison Sierra Leone John Ansu Charles Sri Lanka Nagulenthiran Nallathamby / Buddhi Sapumal Jayabandare Tanzania Domitien
Kabura2006

Brazil Lucinei Luiz Telles Cambodia Daneth Him
Democratic Republic of Congo Nday Kyoni John India
Bongmoingam Khaling / Muzipolu Nyeka Indonesia
Reinhart Siregar Parlaungan / Saulina Solin / Kalpin Sembiring Japan
Kusaka Hoshino / Reina Sakai / Takeru Sugaya Kenya Baya Comulius Katana
Kiribati Mote Teangoa Liberia Cooper Kaletona Siakor / Mary Tenneh
Kpaka Malawi Macdonald Francis Njala Banda Myanmar Ngun Tial / Saw
Manar / Hniang Tial / Hla Zet Nepal Sunita Rana / Sandeep Lamsal Philippines
Annie Jane Langunas Lagawan / Christopher Denito Domulot / Lester Constantino Manligot Dipit Sri Lanka Sumathi Vithilingam / Nilushini Karunadasa
Uganda Mugwanga David Hannington Luvumu Zimbabwe Melody Gapara

2010

Bangladesh Arati Modhu Cameroon Joseph Mbah
Tenjoh / Mbivka Jane-Francis Berinyuy / Eric Dindze
Tangka / Fomujong Florence Mah Fon Ghana George
Offin Owusu-Ababio India Toshang Khaling / Reeta Sinruwng Indonesia
Bahara Sihombing / Gede Suarna / Emmy Lasmaria Rajagukguk Laos Phonesawanh Dittaphong Madagascar Vincent Mbolaniaina Rakotoarisoa
Myanmar Nang Ngwe Kyi / U Aung Saik / Tial Chin Thluai Philippines
Jade F. Alipoyo / Dario Telen Lacaya / Genalyn Magsigay Oliveros / Fred B.
Balintay Solomon Islands John Mark Male Sri Lanka S. Chandra P.
Mallawarachchi / D. Chandrasiri Udumulla

2007

Cameroon Ataba Jude Fonsah Haiti Jean Gontran
Delgrace India Siby Mathew Periakkottil / Clement
Raja Indonesia Syamsul Asinar / Lidia Hotmaida
Naibaho / Lilin Surianti Zendrato Japan Yasutomo Kido F.S. Micronesia
Glorian Dahioboi Myanmar James San Aung / Bya Myar / Paing Kui / May Su
Win Nepal Bihari Chaudhary Philippines May Grace Maglangit-Maboloc
Sierra Leone Fatmata Kamara Francess Sri Lanka M. K. Pathirana
Arunodth Thailand Kassirin Phiboon Zimbabwe Munetsi Hokonya

2011

Bangladesh Rehana Parvin Cameroon Samson Nito
Ekwe / Neh Augustina Wanki Ghana George Kwame
Koomson India Jaji Karumbaiah Kudiyara / Ricky
Nelson Renthlei / Eleazer Raingam / Menovino Krose Indonesia Junpiter
Hasilholan Pakpahan / Gani Silaban Japan Makiko Uchida / Tomoyo Doi /Ayako Ishida Kiribati Tebweretaake Tokantetaake Liberia Jatu
Melissa Wilson-Kollie / Patrick Molay Asumana Myanmar Mya Sandar /Sang Hre / Sung Hnem / Uhtilo Elijah Modu Nepal Bikash Subedi Papua
New Guinea Ekep Puluma Philippines Renato Ngayawen Guilingen / Josie
Ngitit Dinampig / Nicholas Pahanggin Tahuyan / Mamalyari Baclay Soria
Solomon Islands Ismael Agee Meke South Africa Nozuko Patricia Toli
Sri Lanka Mathiyaparanam Ramachandran / H. Lasitha Udaya Kumara

2008

Brazil Joelma Gomes de Queiroz Cameroon Joseph
Banla Bongajum Haiti Nerlande Baptichon India
Adarsh Aralugowdana Chandraju / Chonglise Sangtam
Indonesia Margareth Marta Sianipar / Soniman Waruwu Japan Yuta
Takeno / Kengo Ishida Liberia Comfort McCarthy / Alexander Saturday
Kerkula Malawi Tito Herbert Lezile / Catherine Mtambo Malaysia Veni
Ester Daniel Myanmar Htun Lwin / Sang Bik Cem / Act Ka Hti / Thaung Si
Papua New Guinea Joseph Kora Philippines Wilson Dicag Ignacio /Dolphe Tindaan Litawan Democratic Republic of Congo Kavira Kaniki
Salome Sri Lanka M.P. Niroshan Hemantha / W. Gedara Gunaratne East
Timor Juliao Nunes Jose / Armando Ximenes Uganda Emmanuel Ssempiira

2012

25

Asian Rural Institute
Graduates of the Advanced Training Course(76 persons)

The Advanced Training Course was established in 1986. Overseas

Japanese graduates are eligible to apply for a second year of study

graduates who have lived and worked in their countries for at leastas “Graduate Interns” (GI), following the year of their training. The

five years after their ARI training can apply to be a “Training

GI chooses one field of agricultural research to enhance his or her

Assistant” (TA) for further studies in a certain topic. Besides

experience. Further, as an accustomed member of the ARI commu-

pursuing his or her own research, the TA aids in conducting the ARInity, the GI fulfills a supporting role in all aspects of daily life.

training alongside the staff members.

1986
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1995
1996

1997

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1999

Arun Korkaew
Ding Rin Brang
Wichien Poungporn
Chatchai Rachasuwan
Leam Wongphabood
Cherdchai Chaiwong
Narong Tongsuk
Agnes A. AnasJohn Reuben Abdul Haq
Vigneswaran Theivendram
Sujit Kumar Baroi
Cephas Sinoya
D. A. Ariyadasa
Julia Linda Defeo
Prakit Kumduang Dao
Vekriyi Venyo
Roberto Galindo Dalisay
Teresa Nkosazana Chiya
John Nyondo
J. K. Walter Silva
Alvarez Maximo Clave
Zosimo Juntereal Buerano
A. J. Menike Petikiri
Hupuabou Newmei
Godfrey Mutesasira
Mayonsing Vashinao
Joaquim Fernandes
Preticia Kamei Tongsuk
Elias Jackson Bugoke
Debora Subaga Purada
Surender Singh
Julito Verdin Serna
Loida Galilea Lianora
Jun Hanaoka
Era Colmo Espana
Yohanis Tandung
Takanori Satoyama
Munetada Yasuda
Wesly Lingga
Masaru Yamazaki

ThailandMyanmarThailandThailandThailandThailandThailand
Ghana
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
ZambiaSri Lanka
Philippines
ThailandIndia
Philippines
SwazilandZambiaSri Lanka
Philippines
Philippines
Sri Lanka
India
Uganda
India
India
India
Tanzania
Indonesia
India
Philippines
Philippines
Japan
Philippines
Indonesia
Japan
Japan
Indonesia
Japan

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2009

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2011
2012

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Liaqat Ali
Kisaku Uchida
Yoko Yamazaki
Stuart Sempala
Hossana F. Guzman
Suya Fujisawa
Gemtausu R. Atusamu
Sayni Chaudhary
Rokuji Kitahara
Harutaka Hamada
Dipak Kumar GhoshDonald Paul
Keiko Kawaguchi
Yoichi Shindo
Haruka Kubota
Natsuko Furukawa*
Laksiri Peris
Jovy Fodulla
Cherian Markose
Kimio Murakami
Bibeka Nanda Biswal
D. E. K. Mendis
Hiroyuki Tanaka
Mitsumi Orita
B. Timothy Appau
Naw Lee Myar
Rhakho Zacivolu
Shanta Chaudhary
Saw Jackson
Makiko uchida
Tomoyo Doi
Ayako ishida
Moe Takenoshita
Miatta Roberts Sirleaf
Lourdes Augusto Sison
Veny Julita
Yasutomo Kido

Pakistan
Japan
Japan
UgandaPhilippines
Japan
Papua New Guinea
Nepal
Japan
Japan
Bangladesh
Myanmar
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Sri Lanka
Philippines
India
Japan
India
Sri Lanka
Japan
Japan
Ghana
Myanmar
India
Nepal
Myanmar
Japan
Japan
Japan
Japan
Liberia
Philippines
Indonesia
JapanBoard of Trustees

Staff

1973-1982 Toshihiro Takami / Walter Shore / Masayoshi Gunji / Haruo

1973-1982 Toshihiro Takami / Haruo Fukumoto / Sachiko Arisawa /Masayoshi Arisawa / Gretchen DeVries / Tadashi Igusa / Hajime Kikuchi /Yoshiko Tachibana / Kazuo Makino / Kiyoshi Nagashima / Yasuko Sekiya /Miyoko Kobayashi / Shigeo Asai / Isao Nozaki / Yasuko Takami / Kohei Goshi /Noriko Okada / Mario Barbery / Joy Barbery / Miyoko Oshima / Masae Sakurai /Takeo Yasui / Fuji Kikuchi / Natsuko Hozumi / Hideko Yoshida / Harue
Kimijima / Micho Yokozeki / Toshiaki Kusunoki / Maki Onuki / Keo Inthavongsa /Etsuko Yamada / Yuko Mori / Junko Miyamoto(including full time, part time and contract staff )Fukumoto / Arthur Kamitsuka / Masaaki Nakajima / Hajime Kikuchi / Kiyoshi
Ogawa / Joji Hanabusa / Sakae Endo / A. E. Mathews / Atsuji Tajima

1983-1992 Toshihiro Takami / Atsuji Tajima / Haruo Fukumoto / Sakae
Endo / Masaaki Nakajima / Hajime Kikuchi / Kiyoshi Ogawa / A. E. Mathews /Ayako Sekiya / Kentaro Shiozuki / Gretchen DeVries / Toru Hara / Namio
Fuse / Ryusuke Fukuda

1993-2002 Toshihiro Takami / Atsuji Tajima / Haruo Fukumoto / Namio

1983-1992 Toshihiro Takami / Hajime Kikuchi / Haruo Fukumoto /Sachiko Arisawa / Masayoshi Arisawa / Isao Nozaki / Yasuko Takami / Harue
Kimijima / Fuji Kikuchi / Gretchen DeVries / Joy Barbery / Etsuko Yamada /Takeo Yasui / Shigeo Asai / Teruo Miura / Kiyoshi Nagashima / Yuusuke Kubo /Kazumi Sato / Akiko Miyaoka / Junko Watanabe / Dick Jonson / Toshiaki
Kusunoki / Tsunekio Sawaya / Yoko Yasui / Shigeko Imura / Nobuko Ishii / Aiko
Yamagata / Azuma Yamagata / Keiichiro Kobayashi / Jun Kakinuma / Takeshi
Murakami / Kazuko Soma / Satoko Kono / Yukiko Nakaya / Toshio Inamoto /Keiko Ijima / Miwa Suzuki / Atsuko Matsumoto / Rueben Haq / Alicia Gibaga /Scott Hirano / Barbara Mueller / Takaaki Nagamatsu / Saori Nagamatsu /Satoshi Tsukamoto / Kaori Takami / Makiko Tomita / Toru Hara / Junko
Miyamoto / Miyoko Tanaka / Sachiko Yagizawa / Jean Lloyd / Sonoko Tomura /Hideo Kikuchi / Masako Kikuchi / Shin Takami / Hiromi Sawaya / David Marcle /Hisako Marcle / Shoko Hasegawa / Kyoko Ogura

Fuse / Toru Hara / Masaaki Nakajima / Ayako Sekiya / Ryusuke Fukuda /Hideo Kikuchi / Yoshioh Tamura / Yoshiko Isshiki / Jintaro Ueda / Hoichi Endo /Lee In-ha / Yasuo Furuya / Koa Tasaka / Masaoki Hoshino / Akira Niwa

2003-2013 Yasuo Furuya / Koa Tasaka / Ryusuke Fukuda / Yoshio

Tamura / Lee In-ha / Masaoki Hoshino / Hoichi Endo / Jintaro Ueda / Akira
Niwa / Satoru Kuze / Tadashi Yamada / Teruko Niwa / Isao Nozaki / Kenichi
Otsu / Noriaki Sato / Isamu Koshiishi / Hideharu Kadowaki / Junko Iinuma

Auditors

1993-2002 Toshihiro Takami / Kiyoshi Nagashima / Toru Hara / Takeshi

Murakami / Hoichi Endo / Barbara Mueller / Hatsue Kishi / Midori Ashida /Nobuko Ishii / Toshio Inamoto / Katsuno Fujita / Takaki Nagamatsu / Saori
Nagamatsu / Makiko Tomita / Yusuke Kubo / JB Hoover / Miwa Suzuki / Alicia
Gibaga / Takeo Yasui / Kazuko Sohma / Shoko Hasegawa / Keiichiro Kobayashi /Naoto Ikesako / Azuma Yamagata / Wijendra De Silva / Jintaro Ueda / Teruo
Miura / John Reuben Haq / Park Mi-Ae / Minako Ikeda / Yoshitaka Yamagami /Makoto Miyajima / Aogu Uno / Tomoko Arakawa / Sarah Oba / Kumiko Ono /Junko Tanaka / Ikuko Yamagami / Hiroshi Katagiri / Satoko Ikesawa / Yukiyoshi
Ito / Nancy Molin / Masako Adachi / Namie Ikuta / Jun Hanaoka / Katsuhisa
Yamasaki / Muneo Ishikawa / Kaori Sakuma / Nanami Omura / Yoshiko Yamaguchi /Yasuo Furuya / Josephine Aguilar / P.A. Jayasundara Menike / Kyoko Kato /Yoko Yamazaki / Takanori Kikuchi / Fumiko Nakashima / Koa Tasaka / Satoshi
Tsukamoto / Osamu Arakawa / Yuko Endo / Takanori Satoyama / Mamiko Yoshida

1973-1982 Michio Oyamada / Hajime Ogawa / Kentaro Buma
1983-1992 Michio Oyamada / Kentaro Buma
1993-2002 Michio Oyamada / Kentaro Buma / Akira Funatsu /Tokichika Harada

2003-2013 Akira Funatsu / Tokichika Harada / Hideyuki Oya /Masaaki Shibui

Councilors

2003-2013 Toshihiro Takami / Koa Tasaka / Teruo Miura / Josephine

Aquilar / Tomoko Arakawa / Osamu Arakawa / Hoichi Endo / Junko Tanaka /Kaori Sakuma / Yuko Endo / Kiyoshi Nagashima / Katsuno Fujita / Yoshiko
Yamaguchi / Nobuko Ishii / Muneo Ishikawa / Yukiko Oyanagi / John B. Hoover /Takanori Satoyama / Azuma Yamagata / Midori Ashida / Mitsue Kimijima /Yoshitane Murao / Satoshi Tsukamoto / Susan Adams / Ban Hyung-wook /Chung Jeen-hae / Steven Cutting / Noriyuki Mori / Yuko Murakami / Mitsuru
Nakamura / Takako Ogura / Nozomi Takimoto / Michiko Sugawara / Isao Nozaki /Laksiri Peiris / Azusa Miyaki / Hiroko Goto / Hideji Kijima / Toshiaki Kusunoki /Takeshi Aoki / Yoshiki Nagatani / Gilbert Hoggang / Hiromi Sato / Kazuhiko
Takeuchi / Akari Nakamura / Timothy B. Appau / Naw Lee Myar / Minori
Nakajima / Kenichi Otsu / Zacivolu Rhakho / Sanae Kabeya / Atsushi Yamaguchi /Masayo Fukushima / Jonathan McCurley / Takashi Yamashita / Thomas Itsuo
Fujishima / Yumiko Nishi / Takashi Otani / Kathleen Froede / Mayu Kamimura

1973-1982 Masaaki Nakajima / Yasuo Furuya / Masao Takenaka / Shinkichi
Eto / Kentaro Shiozuki / Norio Naito / Lee In-ha / Yoshio Fuse / Kanji Shimada /Shozo Matsushima / Hajime Kikuchi / Masayoshi Arisawa / Kiyoshi Nagashima /Isao Nozaki
1983-1992 Masaaki Nakajima / Yasuo Furuya / Masao Takenaka / Shinkichi
Eto / Kentaro Shiozuki / Norio Naito / Lee In-ha / Yoshio Tamura / Satoko Kono /Um Tae-sung / Yoshiji Minakawa / Hideo Kikuchi

1993-2002 Masaaki Nakajima / Yasuo Furuya / Masao Takenaka / Shinkichi

Eto / Kentaro Shiozuki / Lee In-ha / Namio Fuse / Kanji Shimada / Shozo
Matsushima / Ayako Sekiya / Hideo Kikuchi / Kiyoshi Nagashima / Takeo Yasui /Alicia Gibaga / Barbara Mueller / Yohioh Tamura / Yoshiji Minakawa / Um Taesung / Noriaki Sato / Kiyoshi Takai / Teruo Miura / Azuma Yamagata / Toshitsugu
Arai / Yasushi Kurosu / Fumio Hamao / Maki Fushii / Shunji Harada / Jun
Hasegawa / Ken Omiya / Sarah Oba / Satoshi Tsukamoto / Mitsuo Fukumoto /Yoshio Ushio / Tadashi Yamada / Masahiko Yamane

ARISA Directors

ARI Supporters Association
Kohei Goshi / Tomio Muto / Kyozo Yuasa / Yoshiko Isshiki / Shinkichi Eto /Noriaki Sato

2003-2013 Hideo Kikuchi / Kanji Shimada / Um Tae-sung / Noriaki Sato /Toshitsugu Arai / Shunji Harada / Jun Hasegawa / Sarah Oba / Mitsuo Fukumoto /Yoshio Ushio / Tadashi Yamada / Masahiko Yamane / Satoshi Tsukamoto /Kiyoshi Nagashima / Teruo Miura / Azuma Yamagata / Toshimasa Yamamoto /John B. Hoover / Tomoko Arakawa / Isao Kikuchi / Mitsuru Nakamura / Akira
Niwa / Masaoki Hoshino / Hoichi Endo / Yukio Miyazaki / Soo Boo Lee / Koshi Ito /Osamu Arakawa / Steven Cutting / Jintaro Ueda / Isao Nozaki / Ryusuke Fukuda /Satoru Kuze / Muneo Ishikawa / Isamu Koshiiishi / Katsuyuki Kanno / Kazue
Yamaguchi / Michiru Yoneda / Kaori Sakuma / Noriyuki Mori / Mihoko Ejiri

AFARI Directors

American Friends of ARI
Roger Manners / Dave Cutting / Pam Hasegawa

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publishing note

編集後記

The past and future 40 yearsW

hen looking at old pictures of ARI, it is sometimes difficult to guess in what year each one
was shot. Many of the photos depict similar scenes: People from different countries working

in the fields with simple tools, scooping pig manure or singing songs together. Although the ARI training program has evolved over time, there seems to be something that has remained since 1973, when
it first started - the joy of a humble communal lifestyle close to the soil.
Of course, the world around ARI has dramatically changed since 1973. The global population has
almost doubled. These days, more people live in cities than in rural areas. Globalization has become aforce of incalculable transformation, spreading information, capital and migrants across a planet
aching under man-made disasters. In the near future, even more extreme changes are predicted.
Given the looming challenges of tomorrow and the arbitrary course of history, we must ask ourselves: Will ARI still be relevant in the future for rural people of 2033 or even 2053?
ARI's mission is rooted in the love of Jesus Christ. This love is meant to be translated into service tothose in need: For everybody suffering from social violence, hunger, pollution, armed conflict andclimate catastrophes. For forty years, ARI graduates have been leading such people towards selfreliance, justice and peace. In more than fifty countries, they practice and teach sustainable agricullture. Some establish water irrigation and health care. Some work in remote places without infrastructure. Some are involved in disaster relief, others work for refugees. Many graduates educate
children, including HIV orphans and former child soldiers.
We at ARI believe that positive, lasting transformation can come through the creativity of thesepeople at the grassroots. Examining our past, our approach of cultivating food locally in environmentally friendly ways has proven to be a key solution for any age. Aided by supporters, we can overcome unprecedented crises, such as the Fukushima disaster. As we continue forward we hope to
improve our training for the next generation of leaders by listening carefully to our graduates' experiences. As Scripture says, "the poor will never cease to be in the land." Through its education program ARI will continue walking with grassroots people, step by step, on a path to dignity.

Forty Years of Walking Together with Grassroots Leaders
Editing Committee

Publishing Office
Asian Rural Institute, Rural Leaders Training Center

Kenichi Otsu

329-2703 JAPAN. Tochigi-ken.

Junko Tanaka

Nasushibara-shi. Tsukinokizawa 442-1

Kiyoshi Nagashimatel: 0287-36-3111 fax: 0287-36-5833

Jonathan McCurleyHajime Kikuchi

Publisher

Toshiaki Kusunoki

Kenichi Otsu

Thomas Itsuo Fujishima

Publication Date
September 16, 2013

Translator

Printing

Michiko Sugawara

Tochigi Minpo Matsumoto Insatsu-sho, Inc.

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The theme song of ARITake My Hand
VERSE 1

I'm calling to the country folk who work upon the land
To come and see the vision we have shaped into a plan
Side by side we'll find a life of strength and dignity
Until the day we all can feed ourselves we never will be free
CHORUSTake my hand which has labored in the soil
Together we will stand for together we must toil
To build a world where hunger will not keep the people chained
To build a world that will still bear fruit tomorrow.
VERSE 2
I'm calling to the rich folks in their mansions down the roadTo come and see the backs that break while carrying your load
Please come let us show you how the chemicals you send
Kill the earth that one day must support your children.
CHORUSVERSE 3
I'm calling to the heavens to the power there above
To thank you for the harvest given freely through your love
Grant us courage, strength and hope throughout the coming year
For the sake of all the planet Lord, I pray that you can hear me singing
CHORUS (2x)

作曲: Christopher Grundy, 1992

Mission Statement
The mission of the Asian Rural Institute is to build
an environmentally healthy, just and peaceful world,in which each person can live to his or her fullest potential.
This mission is rooted in the love of Jesus Christ.
To carry out this mission,
we nurture and train rural leaders for a life of sharing.
Leaders, both women and men,
who live and work in grassroots rural communities
primarily in Asia, Africa and the Pacific,
form a community of learning each year
together with staff and other residents.
Through community-based learning we study the best ways
for rural people to share and enhance resources
and abilities for the common good.
We present a challenge to ourselves
and to the whole worldin our approach to food and life.

That We May Live Together

About the ARI Mission Statement
The official documents and brochures of ARI published in its

ARI aims at “self-sustaining development of the people of ‘

the first year 1973, state that the mission of ARI is “Based

The Third World.’” And in the 1990s, “people of ‘The Thirdon the love of God, to train those mid-level leaders who

World’” is rewritten as “marginalized people in the society.” It

devote their life for the betterment and prosperity of thewas then confirmed that as the core of the training program,people in Asian rural communities and to contribute to thean emphasis shall be placed upon the importance of food thatcreation of a just and peaceful society.” In the 1980s, thesustains our life so that all living creatures may live together.

target areas were expanded and clearly mentioned as “Asia,

Through further discussions, the Mission Statement as it isAfrica and other parts of the world,” adding, further, thatnow was finalized in the year 2000.

“Forty Years of Walking Together
with Grassroots Leaders”