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Religion in Japan is dominated by Shinto (the ethnic religion of the Japanese people) and by Buddhist schools and organisations. According to surveys carried out in 2006〔 and 2008,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2008 NHK survey of religion in Japan — 宗教的なもの にひかれる日本人〜ISSP国際比較調査（宗教）から〜 )〕 less than 40% of the population of Japan identifies with an organised religion: around 35% are Buddhists, 3% to 4% are members of Shinto sects and derived religions, and 1% to 2.3% are Christians. Most of the Japanese (50% to 80% considering degrees of syncretism with Buddhism, ''shinbutsu-shūgō'') pray and worship ancestors and gods (神 ''kami'', ''shin'' or, archaically, ''jin'') at Shinto shrines or private altars, while not identifying as "Shinto" or "Shintoist" in surveys.〔Breen, Teeuwen. 2000. p. 3〕 This is because these terms have little meaning for the majority of the Japanese,〔 or they define membership in Shinto organisations or sects.〔Engler, Price. 2005. p. 95〕〔Williams, 2004. pp. 4-5〕 The term "religion" (宗教 ''shūkyō'') itself in Japanese culture defines only organised religions (that is, religions with specific doctrines and required membership).〔Bestor, Yamagata. 2011. pp. 66-67〕 People who identify as "non-religious" (無宗教 ''mushūkyō'') in surveys actually mean that they do not belong to any religious organisation, even though they may take part in Shinto rituals and worship.〔 Scholars Isomae Jun'ichi and Jason Ānanda Josephson have challenged the usefulness of the term "religion" in regard to Japanese "traditions". They have shown that the Japanese term and concept of "religion" (''shūkyō'') is an invention of the 19th century.〔 Isomae Jun'ichi 磯前順一. 2003. ''近代日本の宗教言說とその系譜''. Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten. Josephson, Jason Ānanda. 2012. ''The Invention of Religion in Japan''. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. 〕 ==Main religions== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Religion in Japan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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