About IMCJ (International Mindfulness Center JAPAN)

About

International Mindfulness Center JAPAN (IMCJ) is a mindfulness education organization based in Nagasaki, Japan, dedicated to the dissemination of evidence-based mindfulness. Since 2021, IMCJ has partnered with Germany’s Institute for Mindfulness-Based Approaches (IMA) — which has trained over 1,300 MBSR teachers across nine European countries — to offer Japan’s first domestic MBSR teacher training program, now in its 6th cohort as of 2026. IMCJ provides certified teacher training pathways in MBSR, MBCT, MBCL, and Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness, and is led by Kiyoko Inoue (MBSR Trainer, MBCT & MBCL teacher) and Kenya Miyamoto (MBSR trainer, MBCT, MBCL teacher).

Management Team

Director

Kiyoko Inoue, MBCT Certified Teacher (UCSD) & MBCL Certified Teacher

MBSR Teacher and Trainer (IMA)
MBCT Certified Teacher (University of California, San Diego)
MBCL Certified Teacher (Erik van den Brink & Frits Koster)
Paws b Qualified Teacher (Mindfulness in School Project)

Training

Teaching & Administrative Director

MBSR Teacher (IMA)
MBCT Trained Teacher (Oxford Mindfulness Center）
MBCL Certified Teacher (Erik van den Brink & Frits Koster)

Training

Kenya Miyamoto

Greetings from Kiyoko Inoue

While I have been practising mindfulness and compassion, I had a chance to establish International Mindfulness Center Japan to convey mindfulness to people in Japan.

I have been teaching MBCT and MBCL, which I studied.

On top of that, we are offering MBSR and going to hold teacher training of MBSR in collaboration with the Institute for Mindfulness Based Approaches.

I have been thinking of creating a place where mindfulness teachers can continue to learn mindfulness and people can connect with each other from all over Japan online. Thanks to the support from many experienced teachers whom I met while I was learning mindfulness, we are now moving forward.

Trained

Training in or related to (alphabetical order):

Activity

  • 8 week programs (all the courses are offered with decent qualification)
    • MBCT for Depression
    • MBCT for Life
    • MBSR
    • MBCL (Mindfulness Based Compassionate Living)
    • Breathworks
    • MBCT Taking It Further
    • MBCT for Cancer
    • Deeper Mindfulness
    • Mindful Eating
    • Mindful Parenting
  • Teacher Training of MBSR and MBCT in collaboration with the Institute for Mindfulness Based Approaches in Germany.
  • Practice Group (for members: Guest Teachers in the past)
    • Amir Imani
    • Erik van den Brink
    • Linda Lehrhaupt
    • Andrea Grabovac
    • René Slikker
    • Frits Koster
    • Riët Aarsse
    • Bernd Langohr
    • Ted Messier
    • Wolfgang Schröder
    • Cathy Ziengs
  • Webinar (Guest speakers) for Japan and Asia region
    • 2020
    • 2021
      • Zindel Segal (21st February)
      • Liz Lord (1st April)
      • Trish Bartley (1st April)
      • Vidyamala Burch (26th August)
      • David Treleavern (28th October & 5th December)
    • 2022
      • Fabrizio Didonna (3rd March)
      • David Treleaven (3rd April & 23rd October)
      • Martine Batchelor (21st April & 26th May)
      • Masahiro Fujino (30th Jun)
      • Willem Kuyken (18th August)
      • Eric B. Loucks (10th November)
    • 2023
      • Alison Evans (3rd February & 6th April)
      • Zindel Segal (3rd August)
      • Frits Koster (19th October)
      • Mark Williams (7th December)
    • 2024
      • Linda Lehrhaupt (15th February)
      • David Treleaven (7th April)
      • Trish Bartley (4th July)
      • Eric van den Brink (10th October)
      • Gemma Griffith (25th October)
      • David Treleaven (15th December)
    • 2025
      • Zindel Segal (10th April)
  • Retreat
    • David Treleaven, Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness retreat in Chiangmai (31st January to 2nd February 2025)
  • Interview
  • Mindfulness Teachers Network Japan
  • Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Japan (cooperated with David Treleaven)