A “polite persecution” is facing Japan that threatens the guarantees given to the freedom of religion, according to Cardinal ...

The Japanese last week sold to U.S. Protestantism the idea that their new united Japan Christian Church is much better than it has been painted by journalists and missionaries recalled or ...

Masatsugu Tanimoto, a farmer and one of the few remaining hidden Christians on Ikitsuki Island, hangs a scroll of the Virgin Mary and Jesus once secretly worshipped at his home in Ikitsuki Island in ...

Japanese believers must be wary of falling into syncretism again, evangelical scholar Yoichi Yamaguchi warns. Christianity Today interviews Yoichi Yamaguchi, director of the International Mission ...

A US-based Christian religious group in Japan has forbidden its followers from conducting blood transfusions for their children during medical treatment and emergencies in violation of government ...

Only about 1 percent of the Japanese population is Christian. But you might not realize that if you visited a major metropolitan area during Christmastime. Just as in America, you'll find heads topped ...

Now that Shogun (review) has debuted, we're resurfacing our chat with the new series' showrunners. Based on James Clavell’s bestselling classic novel, Hulu and FX’s upcoming 10-episode limited series ...

IKITSUKI, Japan — On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and believers ...