Japanese Buddhist and Chinese Buddhist are similar when it comes to their basic Buddhist doctrines, which includes Four Noble Truths. But Japanese Buddhism was influenced by Shinto. Shinto is the native religion for Japanese. Japanese Buddhism also called Zen Buddhism believe in Buddha being anything. For example, a Buddha can be a person, a tree or a dog. Zen aren’t worried about a Buddha being just one person or a god. They are more focused on self-enlightenment than worshiping gods or ancestors. On the other hand, Chinese Buddhism has to do a lot with worshiping gods and ancestors that had a lot of influence from Tao. Also, Chinese Buddhism cares about reaching nirvana, which is a state of freedom. When Shinto is translated directly,
