On May 19, 1991, in Tokyo, Japan, four nurse theorists participated in a panel discussion at Discovery International, Inc.'s Biennial Nurse Theorist Conference. The participants were Imogene M. King, Hildegard E. Peplau, Rosemarie Rizzo Parse, and Martha E. Rogers. The goal of the conference was to present the latest views on nursing knowledge of these nurse leaders. The panel discussion provided the nurse theorists with an opportunity to engage in dialogue regarding issues of concern to the audience. The panel moderator was Hiroko Minami of St. Luke's College of Nursing in Tokyo.

In this paper the authors discuss the use of Parse's humanbecoming theory in Japan. Elements of the theory are used in the nursing approach to an 88 year-old Japanese man who had complications following surgery. Process recordings of the dialogues between the patient, the patient's wife, and the nurse were made and considered in light of the three methodologies of Parse's theory; illuminating meaning, synchronizing rhythms, and mobilizing transcendence. The theory is seen as useful in Japan.

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