Religion in Japan

Korea was regarded by westerners as the Hermit Kingdom. In similar vein as their close neighbors to the east, Japan, who practiced Sakoku, or Isolation, Korea emulated a similar isolation. Though Korea was highly strict and in constant refusal for having any form of dialogue with westerners, they still maintaining relationships with China as a tributary state and friendly relations with Japan at the time. Though, there were some Koreans like Yi Hangno, a fierce supporter of the isolation policy,…

desire to bomb our golden country. Without a doubt, Japan has one of the strongest and loyal approaches to imperialism. We can only substitute Japan’s steel imperialism as an answer for their destructive bombing on Australia. The nature of Japan’s ideology originated from their desire for a Japanese empire and their overbearing sense of imperialism. Japan was also struggling to adapt from their newly emerged Great Depression. Rural areas of Japan were…

Religion is a vast hole with endless conceptions concerning the purpose for existence, as well as moral principles for how individuals should live their lives. In Japanese culture, religion is sacred and vital—displaying endless temples and shrines for praying, donating, and ceremonies, yet, the modern lifestyle and urbanization in Japan continues to emerge. This highlights the notion of how people can adjust towards contemporary ideals and newly-found social orders, but continue to maintain…

during Hirohito Japan. Hirohito Japan, more commonly known as Japan in WWⅡ, is a duration that the whole country is crazy about invading other nations. However, as the country itself is busy with colonizing others, the Japanese citizens in other countries, America, to be specific, are treated badly because of. the invasion war. After the bombing of the Pearl Harbor, a lot of Americans are in great fear because they are afraid that all the Japanese people in America are spies for Japan.…

first Spanish Jesuits that landed in Japan in hope of spreading Christianity in 1549. The details of this period was called the ‘Christian Century,’ it was hardly documented for reasons unknown. However, after one hundred years of the ‘Christian Century,’ the Japanese began to seclude themselves from the outside their country for many reason. First, the Japanese were fearful of the influence the Westerners have already done to the culture of Japan. Secondly, Japan was worried that their…

Japan is a small country, which is home to 127 million people. Japan is off the coast of Asia, separated by China by the east, or Japanese sea. The kanji characters that make Japan’s name translate to “sun origin”, which has caused Japan to often be called the land of the rising sun. Japan’s flag consists of a white background with an iconic red orb in the centre, which represents the sun from which its popular nickname is derived. Japan is a constitutional monarchy, where the monarch or…

everything was won by war and combat? In Japan’s Warring States period, also known as the Sengoku jidai, most people only know war in these times. The Sengoku jidai was an age of civil war in Japan. The warlords of Japan were in constant battle over land, power, and wealth. The Warring States period of Japan was one of the most influential periods for these reasons the innovation of new technology, the great struggle for unification, and the colorful lives of those people involved. The Warring…

modern-day Japan is a largely secular society, various religions have a hand in the shaping of Japanese society, including, but not limited to, Shintoism, Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism. Of the following, Shintoism and Buddhism can arguably be called the most influential, and while only Shintoism is indigenous to Japan, today, the influence of Buddhist culture compares to that of Shintoism (Dolan 1992). Shintoism, or the way of the gods, is more a mix of beliefs and practices indigenous to…

Religion is additionally an important element and dimension the makes up the Japanese culture. Japan’s religious background is not always easy to grasp and can consequently present itself as unclear to western cultures. Outside of the indigenous spirituality of Shintoism, Buddhism arrived in Japan from Korea around the 6th Century, while the minority religion of Christianity was brought to Japan ten centuries later by Jesuit missionaries (Crane, Bruce, Salmon, Eich, & Brandewie, 2012). Japan’s…

Japan, unlike many geographical regions, (such as countries) has two popular religions, that exist in harmony at the same time. One of them is strictly Japanese, the Shinto religion, while the other is Buddhism, which originated in India, traveled to China, and then to Japan. The creation story however, reflects not much of the religion, but political organization in Japan. Although there are gods, the gods birth the imperial families, which therefore rule Japan. In the Japanese creation story,…