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JAPAN
In 1873 the Japanese government lifted the ban on Christianity. However, in the present day, there are very few Christians in Japan. Many Japanese view Christianity as a foreign or western religion. Many Japanese find it hard to have Christianity but also keep their cultural traditions.
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The total population is around 125,974,000, out of those, about 97.9% are unreached. There are 38 people groups in Japan. Of those, 26 (68.4%) are unreached.
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The growth rate of evangelical Christianity is -0.4%.
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The largest religion is Buddhism (68.1%). There are around 2.16% of Christians in Japan (0.57% evangelical Christian.)
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Mission
Japan is considered unreached, not because of the difficulty in going to Japan, but because the growth rate in Christianity is so low. Many Japanese don’t understand Christianity.