Christianity in Japan
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Christianity in Japan is among the nation's largest minority religions in terms of individuals who state an explicit affiliation or faith. In 2024, there were 1.87 million Christians according to one
Nagatsuka Monastery for Jesuits in Hiroshima features traditional temple architecture
A Japanese bible study group
The martyrdom of a Jesuit father in Japan in 1634, engraved by Gerard Bouttats
A statue of Jesus in Yokohama
Religion in Japan
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Religion in Japan is manifested primarily in Shinto and in Buddhism, the two main faiths, which Japanese people often practice simultaneously. Syncretic combinations of both, known generally as shinbu
Christianity in Japan
…In Japan's 2025 House of Councillors election, 522 people ran for office. Of these, three disclosed their Christian faith. Religion in Japan Protestantism in Japan…
From left to right: idols of Benzaiten (Saraswati), Kangiten (Ganesha) and Bishamonten (Kubera) in the Buddhist Daishō-in temple in Hatsukaichi
A ritual at the Takachiho-gawara, the sacred Shinto site of the descent to earth of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the grandson of goddess Amaterasu.
Takabe-jinja in Minamibōsō, Chiba, an example of the native shinmei-zukuri style
Haiden of the Izanagi-jinja in Suita, Osaka