The DeShazers arrive in Yokohama, Japan, in late December 1948. They are assigned to live and work in Osaka and move into the top floor of the house owned by the Yoshiki family. The DeShazers and Yoshikis become friends. Jacob's story and return to Japan open many opportunities for he and Florence to spread the Gospel to the Japanese. Jacob travels around the country to share his story along with fellow Free Methodist Reverend Kaneo Oda, who acts as his interpreter; Florence holds meetings for women and children in the DeShazers’ home. Both Jacob and Florence study the Japanese language, and work with other Free Methodist missionaries in Japan: Pearl Reid, Alice Fensome, Oliver Haslam, the Parsons family, the Johns, and the Bullis family, among others. Jacob writes a book in Japanese - "From Japanese Raider to Japanese Missionary." This text, along with an earlier published tract "I Was a Prisoner of Japan" (telling Jacob’s story and published by Bible League International in English and Japanese) are helpful tools for spreading the Gospel.

Jacob DeShazer reconciles with two of his former prison guards – Mr. Aota and Mr. Misawa - during this period and is also involved with the conversion of Captain Mitsuo Fuchida, the leader of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Fuchida and DeShazer become friends after meeting each other in 1950. Also in 1950, the DeShazer family moves into a new house at Nishinomiya (between Osaka and Kobe) and C. Hoyt Watson's biography of Jacob is published by Light and Life Press. The DeShazers soon return to Osaka in 1951 and live near the Osaka Christian College campus.

The DeShazer family grows during these years, as sons John and Mark are born in 1949 and 1952, respectively, and daughter Carol Aiko ("love" in Japanese) is born in 1954. A revival sweeps the churches in Japan in the spring of 1953. Jacob DeShazer returns briefly to the United States for his first Doolittle Reunion that same spring and spends some time in the U.S. sharing with different groups about the revival and the state of the missionary work in Japan. In 1954, Jacob is made superintendent of the Free Methodist Mission in Japan. After six years in Japan, the DeShazers return to the United States for furlough in April 1955.

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Submissions from 1950

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Letter August 6, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 12, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Giving With Outstretched Hands, Free Methodist Missionary Board

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Letter August 17, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 20, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 23, 1950, Jacob DeShazer

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Mass Letter August 24, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 28, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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The Japan Free Methodist Mission, Free Methodist Missionary Board

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"Report from Japan", Jacob DeShazer

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Letter October 11, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 22, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 24, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter November 5, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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Letter November 18, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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The Most Incredible Book to Come Out of World War II, Light and Life Press

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Letter December 5, 1950, Florence DeShazer

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"I Bombed Pearl Harbor", Mitsuo Fuchida

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Letter December 9, 1950, C. Hoyt Watson

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Letter circa December 10, 1950, Florence DeShazer

Submissions from 1951

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Letter January 2, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 6, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 16, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 20, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter March 16, 1951, J. R. Hillier

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Letter March 25, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter April 10, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter May 13, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter May 26, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 5, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 14, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 1, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 15, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 7, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 22, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 26, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 6, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 7, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 13, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 14, 1951, to Iowa, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 14, 1951, to Oregon, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter September 15, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 16, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 22, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 6, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 14, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 28, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter November 8, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter December 2, 1951, Florence DeShazer

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Letter December 12, 1951, L. R. Bailey

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Card December 27, 1951, Florence DeShazer

Submissions from 1952

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Letter January 11, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 11, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Form Letter, January 18, 1952, Frank W. Barton

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Letter January 21, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 14, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter March 10, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Mass Letter Spring 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Seattle Pacific College Bulletin May 1952, Seattle Pacific College

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Letter May 16, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 15, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 29, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 1, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 18, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 31, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 25, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 19, 1952, Florence DeShazer

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Letter December 28, 1952, Florence DeShazer

Submissions from 1953

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Letter February 8, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter March 17, 1953, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter April 12, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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DeShazer Joins Raiders at Reunion, Free Methodist Church

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DeShazer "Comes Home" - Briefly, Bible Meditation League

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Letter June 6, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 21, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 7, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 10, 1953, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter August 5, 1953, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter August 19, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 26, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter August 28, 1953, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter September 23, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 10, 1953, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter October 13, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 18, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter October 19, 1953, Florence DeShazer

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Letter November 6, 1953, Jacob DeShazer

Submissions from 1954

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Letter January 8, 1954, Florence DeShazer

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Letter January 9, 1954, Florence DeShazer

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Letter February 28, 1954, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter March 22, 1954, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter April 19, 1954, Florence DeShazer

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Letter April 23, 1954, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter May 8, 1954, to Iowa, Florence DeShazer

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Letter May 8, 1954, to Oregon, Florence DeShazer

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Letter June 6, 1954, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter June 14, 1954, Florence DeShazer

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Letter July 30, 1954, Jacob DeShazer

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Letter August 27, 1954, Florence DeShazer

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Letter September 17, 1954, Florence DeShazer