Christianity in Japan is among the nation's minority religions in terms of individuals who state an explicit affiliation or faith. In 2022, there are...

Restoration was Christianity re-established in Japan. Portuguese shipping arrived in Japan in 1543, and Catholic missionary activities in Japan began in earnest...

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between Portugal and Spain and factions within the government of Japan. Christianity was suppressed and it was during this time that the 26 martyrs were...

performed in Japan are Christian-style. Christianity and Christian culture has a generally positive image in Japan. Islam (イスラム教 Isuramukyō) in Japan is mostly...

The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism...

was Christianity re-established in Japan. The first group of martyrs, known as the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan (1597), were canonized by the Church in 1862...

ambassador and delegate to the local church in Japan, is Archbishop Leo Boccardi. Christianity was introduced to Japan by the Jesuits, such as the Spaniard St...

Orthodox Christianity amongst the local populace. Though the shōgun's government at the time prohibited Japanese from converting to Christianity, some locals...

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history of Christianity in Japan. The Nagasaki churches are unique in the sense that each tells a story about the revival of Christianity after a long...

Kirishitan are the Catholic communities in Japan which hid themselves during the ban and persecution of Christianity by Japan in the 1600s. Depictions of Mary modeled...

was Christianity re-established in Japan. The first group of martyrs, known as the Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan (1597), were canonized by the Church in 1862...

Jesuit missionaries. Following the outlawing of Christianity in Japan, these missionaries, as well as Japanese Catholic converts, were persecuted and driven...

activity and thus introduced Christianity to Japan. Other Portuguese Jesuits like Francisco Cabral and Gaspar Coelho visited Japan in 1570 and continued to carry...

Portuguese landed in Japan for the first time, and soon spread Christianity throughout Japan from Kyushu. Regional daimyō, or feudal lords, were eager to...

secret Christians in Japan when Christianity was legalized again, down from 500,000 in Nagasaki at the height of Japanese Christianity before the persecution...

lost. Shortly afterwards, Christianity was banned and the missionaries were exiled. Work on translation started outside Japan in the 19th century by Protestant...

Christians were let go after apostatizing, and in this way the Shogunate practically purged Christianity from Japan. A notable victim of this method of torture...

The Japan Socialist Party (日本社会党, Nihon Shakai-tō, abbr. JSP) was a socialist and progressive political party in Japan that existed from 1945 to 1996....

Christianity – the first Christian daimyō. Luis de Almeida (1552, Portugal) A Portuguese Jesuit who established the first western hospital in Japan and...

when Christianity was a forbidden religion. Portuguese ships began arriving in Japan in 1543, with Catholic missionary activities in Japan beginning in earnest...

Christianity in Asia has its roots in the very inception of Christianity, which originated from the life and teachings of Jesus in 1st-century Roman Judea...

Japan portal Education portal Christianity portal Biography portal Niijima Jō (新島 襄) (born Niijima Shimeta (新島 七五三太); 12 February 1843 – 23 January 1890)...

2009). "Christianity's long history in the margins". The Japan Times. Blakkarly, Jarni (July 13, 2016). "Shadow of surveillance looms over Japan's Muslims"...

end of Japanese occupation, Christianity is still highly influential in Korean society. As a major economic power, Japan has played an influence on Asia...

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mention that Christianity was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by Thomas the Apostle, who sailed to the Malabar region (present-day Kerala) in 52 AD. The...

Christianity in Turkey has a long history dating back to the early origins of Christianity in Asia Minor during the 1st century AD. In modern times the...

of Christianity follows the Christian religion as it developed from its earliest beliefs and practices in the first-century, spread geographically in the...