Is it true the 95% of Japaneese are athiest?

Answer 1

An Athiest is a person who does not believe in a God and Heaven, therefore most Japanese would not be athiests.
A few Japanese, especially around Nagasaki, are Catholic whilst most are Taoist or Mahayana Buddhists, which believe in a Heaven although they do not have a "God".

Answer 2

I'm not sure if Atheist is the right word. From 2 years of working with a large Japanese group and spending 2 weeks in Japan, I do know there are very few Christians. The majority of the people in the country are Buddhists, last I read it was 89% Buddhists.

It would be great if someone from Japan would answer with up to date information.

Answer 3

The majoriity of Japanese (at least in Japan) are either Shinto or Buddhist (somewhere like 85% or so, the rest being either some denomination of Christianity, a few athiests, and one or two other Asian belief systems (Taoist, Shamanism etc.)

Answer 4

I'm not sure on that number, but Japan is not a religious country in the least. Many people pay homage to both Shinto and Buddhist temples, whether they believe or not. I'm not sure I would call them atheistic so much as apathetic about the issue.

Answer 5

That seems like a high estimate, but all Japanese that follow Buddhism, Taoism, etc are atheists. Shinto is the native religion of Japan, and I believe they have gods.

Edit:
Thanks, Kjelstad. That seems a little more on point than the rubbish I wrote. =)

Answer 6

observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%,
other 16% (including Christian 0.7%)

Answer 7

No. Many are Shinto and they do have gods. Buddhists do not so, while a religion, they are Atheists.

Answer 8

No that's not true....they're not Christians but they believe in God.