Brother and Sister Miura thus covered large sections of Tokyo, and then in 1933 they moved to Kobe. It was here, in 1934, that Sister Miura gave birth to her son, Tsutomu. Very zealous for the work, she kept pioneering right through the nine months of her pregnancy. From the spring of 1935, the Miuras moved to Western Honshu, where they pioneered in Kure, Yamaguchi and Tokuyama cities, and settled finally in Hiroshima, where they shared a rented house with two other families.

The Miuras were among those arrested by the police on June 21, 1939. They were put in jail in Hiroshima, and their young boy was sent back to his grandmother in Ishinomori. After eight months, Sister Miura was released, so that she, too, could return north to care for her son.

Brother Miura then rejoined his wife and son in the north of Japan.

When, in March 1951, a group of five missionary sisters started to work in Osaka, the nationwide Asahi newspaper published a story and picture, showing them living Japanese-style. Through this newspaper article, Brother Miura again made contact with Jehovah’s organization, after twelve years of isolation. For several years until his death, he served again as a regular pioneer, and his wife later as a special pioneer. Their son, Tsutomu, grew up to become a regular pioneer, special pioneer, circuit overseer, district overseer, and, since graduating from the Watchtower Bible School of Gilead, in New York, he has been serving as a translator at the Society’s Tokyo branch office.