The book weighs 25 pounds and is more than 1,000 pages long. It is roughly the size of the Gutenberg Bible. Instead of the word of God, it contains names — 125,284 names.

Today, his Modern Japanese Bible translation (Gendaiyaku Seisho) is ranked 44th on Amazon’s list of Japanese Christian Bibles. ... as well as commentaries on most books of the Bible.