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[Letter of November 15, 1951] [Letter of May 22, 1952] [Letter of September 29, 1952] [Letter of August 15, 1953] [Letter of May 3, 1954] [Letter of May 5, 1954] [Letter of May 27, 1954] [Letter of May 27, 1954] [Letter of March 1, 1955] [Cable sent March 29, 1957] [Letter of April 14, 1957] [Cable sent January 4, 1971] 11: Letters and Cable to the Bahá'ís of Japan in the Early Days, 1922-1931 [Letter of January 26, 1922] [Cable dated December 15, 1922] [Letter of December 17, 1922] [Letter of May 10, 1923] [Letter of May 22, 1923] [Letter of October 22, 1925] [Letter of January 12, 1930] [Letter of December 24, 1930] [Letter of March 5, 1931] [Letter of June 20, 1931] [Letter of January 9, 1932] 12: Letters and Cables to Administrative Institutions [Letter of April 1957] [Cable of April 29, 1957] To National Spiritual Assemblies To the National Spiritual Assembly of North East Asia--1957 [Cable dated May 2, 1957] [Letter of May 20, 1957] [Letter of July 15, 1957] [Cable dated August 27, 1957] [Letter of October 20, 1957] To the National Spiritual Assembly of the United States, 1951-1956 [Letter of February 29, 1951] [Letter of November 20, 1955] [Letter of December 27, 1956] To the National Spiritual Assembly of Australia [Letter of July 19, 1957] To the National Spiritual Assembly of Iran [Letter of January 6, 1957] To Local Spiritual Assemblies, 1948-1957 [Letter of September 21, 1948] [Letter of December 20, 1951] [Letter of April 14, 1952] [Letter of August 30, 1952] [Letter of July 24, 1953] [Letter of November 26, 1953] [Letter of March 2, 1954] [Letter of May 29, 1954] [Letter of June 7, 1954] [Letter of June 8, 1954] [Letter of July 19, 1954] [Letter of September 26, 1955] [Letter of April 24, 1956] [Letter of June 11, 1956] [Letter of April 19, 1957] To the Local Spiritual Assembly of Hyogo-ken (prefecture] [Letter of January 2, 1956] 13: Letters to Individuals Excerpts from letters to Japanese believers, 1947-1957 [Letter of October 15, 1947] [Letter of October 6, 1950] [Letter of March 21, 1952] [Letter of April 22, 1952] [Letter of October 5, 1953] [Letter of December 30, 1955] [Letter of September 19, 1957] The following excerpts are from letters to pioneers to Japan and Korea, 1948-1957 [Letter of January 21, 1948] [Letter of October 16, 1948] [Letter of December 20, 1949] [Letter of September 17, 1950] [Letter of February 27, 1951] [Letter of September 21, 1951] [Letter of November 12, 1952] [Letter of May 25, 1953] [Letter of July 10, 1954] [Letter of October 19, 1955] [Letter of November 23, 1955] [Letter of May 3, 1956] [Letter of March 18, 1957] [Letter of August 18, 1957] [Letter of October 18, 1957] 14: Shoghi Effendi Writes to Emperor Showa of Japan 15: Message from the Universal House of Justice to the North Pacific Oceanic Conference, Sapporo, Japan, September, 1971 Afterword

[FRONTISPIECE]
Japan Will Turn Ablaze!
Tablets of 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Letters of Shoghi Effendi and the Universal House of Justice, and Historical Notes About Japan
(Revised Edition) Compiled by Barbara R. Sims Bahá'í Publishing Trust of Japan, 1992
? Copyright 1974 by Barbara R. Sims
First Edition 1974 Reprinted 1975 Revised Edition 1992
[Photograph with the following caption: Hand of the Cause Miss Agnes B. Alexander (Circa 1900)]

"Your name will forever remain associated with the rise of the Faith and its establishment in Japan and the record of your incessant and splendid endeavors will shed on its annals a lustre that time can never dim." (Shoghi Effendi, June 8, 1933)

INTRODUCTION
As early as 1903 and for years thereafter, 'Abdu'l-Bahá urged Bahá'ís to travel to Japan to spread the Message of Bahá'u'lláh. On occasion He said He Himself would like to go to Japan, and also to some other countries.
In 1908 'Abdu'l-Bahá wrote to an American believer, Mr. Howard McNutt(1), "A trip of the believers of God to the Orient is of the utmost importance and it will become the cause of great connection between the two regions... Perchance, God willing, in Japan, you may lay the foundation for the Kingdom!"
In 1910 He said to the first two Bahá'ís to visit Japan, "Blessed results will appear from the Holy Cause established in that land. I have sent your letter regarding the work in Japan to Mr. McNutt in New York, that he may spread the word for some of the American Bahá'ís to go to Japan, and there serve and teach the Cause. It is very good for teachers to travel, and, through the love of God, give life to the people. American Bahá'ís should go to Oriental countries as teachers."
The first Bahá'ís to make the long voyage, Mr. Howard Struven(2) and Mr. C.M. Remey, 1909; Mme. Aurelia Bethlen, 1911; Mr. and Mrs. Dreyfus-Barney, 1914, stayed for brief periods of time and continued around