why does Japan still have a 0.2% Christian rate?
Title : Why does Japan still have less than a 1 % Christian rate? Another fact is that the Japanese Evangelical Church failed to evangelize Japan for the last 6 decades. The main reason why Japan still has a 0.2% Christian rate (240,000 of 125 million) is because Japanese Christian leaders misjudged Emperor Hirohito and the Shinto Ideology. The Emperor never intended to be worshiped as a god . He became a symbol of Japan and being worshipped by the Imperial government of General Hideki Tojo. Gen. Tojo used Emperor Hirohito as a Shinto god in order to motivate the Japanese to fight against Christian nations such as the United States and European countries. Gen. Tojo created emperor worship to unite the Japanese for the war. The Emperor was used as a motivational tool. The Imperial Japanese government tried to control Japan by using the Emperor. That’s why Hirohito denounced his deity after WWII and became a symbol for the nation of Japan. He was never a god to begin with. After ...