Religions and Ethnicity - Japan



Japan : Religions and Ethnicity
TopicValue
ReligionsShintoism 83.9%, Buddhism 71.4%, Christianity 2%, other 7.8%
total adherents exceeds 100% because many people belong to both Shintoism and Buddhism (2005)
Ethnic groupsJapanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004)
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Datasource: CIA - The World Factbook