During World War II, the small number of Jehovah’s Witnesses in Japan were severely persecuted, and their work came to a standstill. Then, in 1949, 13 missionaries arrived to help reorganize the work.
द्वितीय विश्‍वयुद्ध के दौरान, जापान में यहोवा के गवाहों की छोटी संख्या को कठोरतापूर्वक सताया गया, और उनका कार्य गतिरोध हो गया ।