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Japan SapporoMission map & boundaries.

The Japan Sapporo Mission serves Hokkaidō and part of Sakhalin. A mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it serves in Japanese, and was organized in 1970.

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Mission essentials

Organized: 16 March 1970
Languages spoken: Japanese
Country: Japan
Area: Asia North
Map centre: 44°03′N 145°08′E
Last checked: 6 September 2026

Meet your mission president and leaders.

Jeffrey G. Bickel and April K. BickelMission leaders · since July 2026

Before them

Ken Toma and Ruri TomaJuly 2023 – July 2026

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What areas are in the Japan Sapporo Mission?

The mapped boundary crosses 2 countries.

HokkaidōJapan
part of SakhalinRussia

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Mission history

Earlier names

Japan East until 16 March 1970

Older links still work — /missions/japan-east redirect here permanently.

Mission office

No office address is available for this mission. No public source lists a current one. We would rather show nothing than an address that turns out to be wrong.

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