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JAPAN
GLANCE
AT A
USA
China
Japan
Germany
India
Japan is the 3rd largest economy in the world
São Paulo
Cairo
New York
Shanghai
Delhi
Tokyo
Mexico City
Mumbai
Beijing
Osaka
Tokyo is the most populated metro region in the world
Japan has the highest percentage of elderly in the world (28%)
日本
Nihon or Nippon is the country’s name in Japanese
Japan's main religions are Shinto and Buddhism
THE STATE OF THE GOSPEL IN JAPAN
Less than 1% of the 125.1 million pop. is Christian
No Church
Church
18 cities and 524 towns are without a church
1 out of 8 Protestant churches have no pastor
BRIEF CHRISTIAN HISTORY IN JAPAN
1587
Foreign missionaries banned
1614
Government ban on Christianity, widespread persecution of Christians until 1640
1859
Protestant missionaries arrive
1873
Government ban of Christianity lifted
1947
Religious freedom guaranteed by post-war constitution
1549
Jesuit missionary Francis Xavier arrives and growth follows
1853
US Commodore Matthew Perry demands that Japan opens its ports
1941
Government orders Protestant denominations to merge
1639 - 1853
Japan enters long period of national isolation
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