Japanese new religions are new religious movements established in Japan. In Japanese, they are called shinshūkyō (新宗教) or shinkō shūkyō (新興宗教). Japanese...

priests and leaders of the new religions in Japan, three times the number of traditional Shinto priests. Many of these new religions derive from Shinto, retain...

counterculture movements. Japanese new religions became very popular after the Shinto Directive (1945) forced the Japanese government to separate itself...

study of comparative religion, the East Asian religions or Taoic religions,[better source needed] form a subset of the Eastern religions. This group includes...

other religions. They comprise 21st century immigrants from East Asia, the Middle East, or of recent immigrant descent. Afro-Brazilian religions are syncretic...

Faith and Ananda Marga, are examples of new religious movements within Indian religions. Japanese new religions (shinshukyo) is a general category for...

influence are Afro-American religion, which have their origins in Central and West Africa. Middle Eastern religions: Abrahamic religions are the largest group...

(2000). Japanese New Religions: In Global Perspective. Surrey, UK: Curzon Press. ISBN 0-7007-1185-6. Dawson, Andrew (2007). New Era, New Religions: Religious...

– is declining, while stating no religion and affiliation to other (minority) religions is increasing. Statistics New Zealand report that about 80% of...

The history of religion in Japan has been characterized by the predominance of animistic religions practiced by its mainland, Ryukyuan, and Ainu inhabitants...