Plans for mission work in Japan were initiated in 1948, and the first missionary arrived in August 1950.
The Mennonite Brethren mission work centered on the Osaka and Kobe area.
In April 2015 the Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference celebrated the 65th anniversary of its origins.
The Nosegawa Bible Camp is located in the north part of Osaka, Japan, near the Inagawa River.
The Japan Mennonite Brethren Conference operates the Evangelical Biblical Seminary (founded as the Osaka Biblical Seminary in 1965 by the Mennonite Brethren and two Baptist groups) at Ikeda, Osaka.