Religion in Japan

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf religion in a country
gptkbp:Buddhism_schools gptkb:Nichiren
gptkb:Shingon
gptkb:Zen
gptkb:Tendai
mantras
gptkbp:Buddhist_temples over 75,000
gptkbp:Christianity_introduction 16th century
gptkbp:Christianity_re-legalization gptkb:Meiji_Restoration
gptkbp:Christianity_suppression gptkb:Edo_period
gptkbp:Emperor's_role Shinto rituals
gptkbp:funeral_practices mainly Buddhist
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Religion in Japan
gptkbp:minor_religions gptkb:Baháʼí_Faith
gptkb:Christianity
gptkb:Hinduism
gptkb:Islam
gptkb:Judaism
gptkb:Tenrikyo
gptkb:Soka_Gakkai
Shinshūkyō (new religions)
gptkbp:notable_new_religions gptkb:Tenrikyo
gptkb:Soka_Gakkai
gptkb:Aum_Shinrikyo
gptkbp:notable_pilgrimage gptkb:Shikoku_Pilgrimage
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Kiyomizu-dera
gptkb:Senso-ji
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Ise_Grand_Shrine
gptkbp:percentage_of_Buddhists_(affiliation) ~67%
gptkbp:percentage_of_Christians ~1-2%
gptkbp:percentage_of_non-religious ~60%
gptkbp:percentage_of_Shinto_adherents_(self-identified) 3-4%
gptkbp:percentage_of_Shinto_practitioners_(affiliation) ~70%
gptkbp:publicHolidayIn Shinto and Buddhist origins
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Buddhism
gptkb:Shinto
gptkbp:religious_discrimination rare
gptkbp:religious_education_in_schools not mandatory
gptkbp:religious_festivals matsuri
gptkbp:religious_freedom guaranteed by constitution
gptkbp:religious_organizations registered with government
gptkbp:religious_population_(2020) over 180 million affiliations (double-counting possible)
gptkbp:religious_syncretism common
gptkbp:religious_syncretism_example gptkb:Shinbutsu-shūgō
gptkbp:religious_tolerance high
gptkbp:Shinto_characteristics mythology
kami worship
gptkbp:Shinto_shrines over 80,000
gptkbp:Shinto_state_religion gptkb:Meiji_period
gptkbp:State_Shinto_abolition 1945
gptkbp:wedding_practices mainly Shinto or secular
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Religion_and_the_Legitimation_of_Power_in_Japan
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6