Back المسيحية في اليابان Arabic Хрысціянства ў Японіі Byelorussian Christentum in Japan German Χριστιανισμός στην Ιαπωνία Greek Cristianismo en Japón Spanish مسیحیت در ژاپن Persian Kristinusko Japanissa Finnish Égllése ortodoxe du J·apon FRP Kereszténység Japánban Hungarian Kekristenan di Jepang ID
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Christianity in Japan is among the nation's minority religions in terms of individuals who state an explicit affiliation or faith. In 2022, there were 1.26 million Christians[1] in Japan, down from 1.9 million[2] Christians in Japan in 2019.[3] In the early years of the 21st century, between less than 1 percent[4][5] and 1.5%[2] of the population claimed Christian belief or affiliation.
Although formally banned in 1612 and today critically portrayed as a foreign "religion of colonialism", Christianity has played a role in the shaping of the relationship between religion and the Japanese state for more than four centuries.[6] Most large Christian denominations, including Catholicism, Protestantism, Oriental Orthodoxy, and Orthodox Christianity, are represented in Japan today. Christian culture has a generally positive image in Japan.[7] The majority of Japanese people are, traditionally, of the Shinto or Buddhist faith. The majority of Japanese couples, about 60–70%, are wed in "nonreligious" Christian ceremonies. This makes Christian weddings the most influential aspect of Christianity in contemporary Japan.[8]
- ^ https://www.bunka.go.jp/tokei_hakusho_shuppan/hakusho_nenjihokokusho/shukyo_nenkan/pdf/94046801_01.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ a b 宗教年鑑 令和元年版 [Religious Yearbook 2019] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. 2019. p. 35.
- ^ US State Dept 2022 report
- ^ Heide Fehrenbach, Uta G. Poiger (2000). Transactions, transgressions, transformations: American culture in Western Europe and Japan. Berghahn Books. p. 62. ISBN 978-1-57181-108-0.
... followers of the Christian faith constitute only about a half percent of the Japanese population
- ^ Ishikawa Akito (22 November 2019), "A Little Faith: Christianity and the Japanese", Nippon.com. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
- ^ LeFebvre, Jesse (March 2021). "The Oppressor's Dilemma: How Japanese State Policy toward Religion Paved the Way for Christian Weddings". Journal of Religion in Japan. -1 (aop): 1–30.
- ^ "A Little Faith: Christianity and the Japanese". Nippon.com: Your Doorway to Japan. 22 November 2019.
Christian culture in general has a positive image.
- ^ LeFebvre, Jesse (2 November 2015). "Christian Wedding Ceremonies 'Nonreligiousness' in Contemporary Japan". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 42 (2). doi:10.18874/jjrs.42.2.2015.185-203.