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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

(called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. Christianity remains culturally diverse in its Western and Eastern branches...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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)...

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....

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...

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

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

converted to Christianity. Omura donated Nagasaki to the Catholic Church, making Nagasaki a semi-independent Jesuit Japanese colony. In 1582, on the west...

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

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

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

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

to Kōriki Tadafusa. Japan's policies of national seclusion and persecution of Christianity were tightened until the Bakumatsu in the 1850s. Shimabara...

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

parties) Christianity in Japan Liberalism in South Korea – This was also influenced by Japanese liberalism during its early formation. In Japan, American...