During the “Peace on Earth” International Assembly, in October 1969, Brother Knorr announced that the Society was purchasing a new property at Numazu, seventy-five miles southwest of Tokyo.

On a visit to Japan in July 1971, Brother Knorr laid the foundation for a great new project at Numazu. He drew up plans for a three-story factory and a five-story Bethel home.

As the number of publishers multiplies everywhere, and as more and more persons throng the meetings and assemblies, we recall Brother Knorr’s comment at the Tokyo assembly in April 1951, that he looked forward to the day when there would be so many native Japanese ministers that it would be hard to find a missionary among them. Truly, ‘a little one himself has indeed become a thousand.’​—Isa. 60:22.