What are the religious beliefs of japanese people?

Question

how many religons?
just general info about major religions in japan and their major beliefs

Answer 1

SHINTO is predominantly a Japanese religion. According to the Nihon Shukyo Jiten (Encyclopedia of Japanese Religions), “The formation of Shintoism is almost identical with the Japanese ethnic culture, and it is a religious culture that was never practiced apart from this ethnic society.” But Japanese business and cultural influences are now so widespread that it should interest us to know what religious factors have shaped Japan’s history and the Japanese personality.

Although Shinto claims a membership of over 91,000,000 in Japan, which amounts to about three quarters of its population, a survey reveals that only 2,000,000 people, or 3 percent of the adult population, really profess to believe in Shinto. However, Sugata Masaaki, a researcher on Shinto, says: “Shinto is so inextricably woven into the fabric of Japanese daily life that people are barely aware of its existence. To the Japanese it is less a religion than an unobtrusive environmental fixture, like the air they breathe.” Even those who claim to be apathetic to religion will buy Shinto traffic safety amulets, have their weddings according to Shinto tradition, and pour their money into annual Shinto festivals.

Answer 2

Majority of Japanese are Buddhists. Though, there are some Taoists or Shintos. Christianity remaines at 0.7% in Japan.

Answer 3

Shinto is the largest, followed closely by Buddhism. But many of the Japanese are Christians and follow in the New Religions.

Answer 4

There's Buddhism and Shinto, and those are the only major ones I know.

Answer 5

Shinto / Buddhists.


Buddhist for the Philosophy, Shinto so they can DRINK SAKE!

Answer 6

Shinto would be the native religion.. and the largest

Answer 7

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