About the Organizers

The Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative is grounded in mutually transformative relationships between partner organizations and leaders who provide diverse gifts and resources to support the initiative. Current partners include:

  • Duke Divinity School
  • Mennonite Central Committee
  • Representatives from institutions in Northeast Asia

Collaboration Council, Northeast Asia Reconciliation Initiative


Hae Young Choi
Provincial of the Society of the Sacred Heart, Korea and Chinese Province

Jongho Km
(Coordinator)
International Fellowship of Evangelical Students, East Asia

Xi Lian
Professor of World Christianity, Duke Divinity School

Chris Rice 
(Senior Advisor)
Director, Mennonite Central Committee United Nations Office; Senior Fellow for Northeast Asia, Duke Divinity School

Ming-Wei Tsai
Associate pastor of LoYa Presbyterian Church, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Adjunct professor of New Testament , Tainan Theological Seminary

SeongHan Kim
Representative, Mennonite Central Committee Northeast Asia

German Cheung
Missionary, Western District Evangelical Church

Tom Sakon

Professor/Chaplain, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo

Pastor, Mitake Church, The United Church of Christ in Japan

Hiro Katano

Managing staff, Japan Mennonite Fukuzumi Center, Sapporo

Steering committee chair, Northeast Asia Regional Peacebuilding Institute

Aoki Yukiko

Society of the Sacred Heart, Japan