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...

Dolce, ed. Japanese religions. 4 vols. London: SAGE, 2012. Robert S. Ellwood (2008). Introducing Japanese Religion. World Religions. London; New York: Routledge...

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

In the study of comparative religion, the East Asian religions or Taoic religions, form a subset of the Eastern religions, who originated in East Asia...

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...

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

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

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

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