Hard to Reach: Japan (Full Documentary)
Radical
teaching
July 15, 2025
In Hard to Reach: Japan, Steven Morales travels across one of the most beautiful—and spiritually complex—nations in the world to uncover why Christianity struggles to take root.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Cold Open
01:00 What Tokyo is *not* known for
02:20 How Christianity arrived—and was nearly eradicated—in Japan
08:38 Yumi & Michael: The price of living as Christians in Japan
16:23 Is Japan religious?
17:00 Shintoism Explained
19:20 Buddhism Explained
20:54 Atheism in Japan
21:25 Asami & Ami: Coming to know Jesus against all odds
24:30 Yoshito: “It took 50 years for this one person to follow Jesus”
27:51 Chad: “99% of them are on their way to a Christ-less eternity”
29:35 Asami & Ami: The struggle of sharing the gospel in Japan
34:21 Japan is Beautiful
35:51 Japan is Broken
38:40 Ayaka: Beauty in the Brokenness
43:06 Japan’s Hope: A Broken Christ
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