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Excellent work! I learned a lot. Thank you.

Great video!

One far-right ethno-centered politician in Greece wants to remove all pictures of Christianity from Japan, because of a caption "Virgin Mary as geisha". He thinks that the writers of the book want to humiliate Christianity by calling the Virgin Mary gay. It saddens me so much that he has so many followers...

I do wonder. Do you know about the orthodox Christian population Saint Nicholas of Japan brought on?

Cguro Dapat pag prinepresent sa Public media Hindi ganyan na takip na takip Ang Mukha ha halos tuldok walang Makita sa balat .

The thumbnail look like keanu reeves

Great Video, thank you.

Thank you. Very seriously reporting history!

I pray always hopeful safety for all Amen.

I want to talk about some very important Christian History that's been forgotten when it comes to Japan. It concerns the end of World War 2. Did you know that Japan was once home to the Largest Christian church in ALL of Asia? The Urakami Cathedral had been constructed within the Urakami District, this location was where hidden Christians resided during the 17th to 19th centuries during the nation's ban on Christianity. It's a miracle of God that they managed to thrive throughout that time and were able to construct this cathedral once the ban was lifted. The City that the Urakami District resided in had been a stronghold of Christianity in Japan since the 16th century, with a resilient community that survived centuries of persecution. The city had the largest concentration of Christians in Japan, and the Urakami Cathedral was a central place of worship and community life. What city did the Urakami district reside in? Nagasaki. The atomic bomb that was dropped on Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, was detonated extremely close to the Urakami Cathedral. The bomb, known as "Fat Man," exploded approximately 500 meters away from the Urakami Cathedral. The cathedral was almost directly under the bomb's hypocenter. The force of the explosion devastated the church, causing it to be destroyed along with the surrounding area. The proximity of the detonation to the cathedral is one of the reasons why the destruction in the area was so severe. The American government and military were responsible for the loss of the hyper majority of the Christian community in Nagasaki, and without a shadow of a doubt had eviscerated the Christian influence in that country all at once. Their excuse for why they detonated the bomb over the largest influence of Christianity in all of Japan? It was an accident. They missed their target apparently, which was far, FAR away. Everything I've studied points to the fact that Satan had a hand in this monstrous moment in history. It was deliberate. And now Japan has one of the lowest Christian influences compared to other countries worldwide. We must pray for a revival in Japan. We must repent for our support of terrible American actions that led to the loss of so many innocent, Christian lives. I beg you. I beg all of you. Pray for Japan.

Engaging presentation, thank you

The nestorians were in Japan before the Catholics

An interesting documentary of this aspect in Japan's history. Article 28 of the Meiji era constitution offered a qualified idea of religious freedom, stipulating that "Japanese subjects shall, within limits not prejudicial to peace and order, and not antagonistic to their duties as subjects, enjoy freedom of religious belief." Regrettably, the Tojo administration was able to assert the mentioned exceptions to shaft the Christinas.

Thank you for posting this video . I leaned alot from it . A fellow CHristian in Dallas Texas USA .

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Extremely fascinating!

I am a Japanese, but I learned a lot.

The following book also tells the story of how Christianity arrived in China long before the armies of the Vatican and their kings By Foot To China: Mission of The Church of the East, to 1400 By John M. L. Young, Chairman Japan Presbyterian Mission The dedication of the book read as follows : To the memory of the men of God who thirteen centuries ago first took the gospel to China - "the missionaries who traveled on foot, sandals on their feet, a staff in their hands, a basket on their backs, and in the basket the Holy Scriptures and the cross. They went over deep rivers and high mountains, thousands of miles, and on the way, meeting many nations, they preached to them the gospel of Christ." FROM AN ANCIENT TEXT There is not any Church in the world that spread the Christian faith to faraway lands like The Church of The East, but not many tell the truth because they want to obsure the great role that this Holy Church had for Christianity, the dedication and faith of its missionaries. Till today this Holy Apostolic Church has not been given its recognition and respect as it should have.

Japan was introduced to Eastern Christianity long before the arrival of Francis Xavier. Here is the story. JAPAN CHRISTIANITY ARRIVED IN JAPAN CENTURIES BEFORE SAINT XAVIER, SCHOLARS SAY Contrary to popular lore, Christianity in Japan dates back centuries before the 1549 arrival of Jesuit missionary Saint Francis Xavier, a Christian evangelist and other researchers claim. American Reverend Ken Joseph told a gathering here on March 16 that Christianity first came to the Far East roughly 1,800 years ago along the "Silk Road," passing through China to Nara, central Japan. Evidence of this, Reverend Joseph said, was a copy of the Gospel of Saint Matthew in old Chinese script, dating back to the ninth century, found inside the Koryuji Buddhist Temple in Kyoto, near Nara. This temple is cited by at least one historian as having been built about 818 atop a Christian building erected in 603 that was destroyed by fire. "Many Buddhist temples were built on top of old, burned down Christian churches left in ruins. Diligent research today can still uncover these lost relics," Reverend Joseph said. Researcher M.L. Young says that one of the most sacred objects of the Nishi Honganji Buddhist Temple, founded by Kobo Daishi in 806 after his contact with a Nestorian Christian monastery in Beijing, is "the Lord of the Universe's Discourse on Almsgiving," a commentary on the Sermon on the Mount and other Matthean passages. Christianity was referred to as the "luminous religion" in Chinese records referring to Nestorian missioners. Reverend Joseph presented slides of several artifacts and statues that once had Christian crosses carved into them, but which had subsequently been erased or modified by Buddhist followers, he alleged. Nestorian Christianity dates back to the first century of the Christian era. Japanese researchers say that the first bearers of Christianity to Japan were the people from the (Nestorian) Assyrian Church of the East who came to Japan from the Silk Road cities of Mesopotamia, and Persia starting around the fifth century onwards. "Christianity was much more widespread than believed," Hollingsworth said.

I wish St. Francis Xavier had learned more about Japanese culture before evangelizing people in that country.

弥助は侍じゃないからね、勘違いする人が増えるとやだから。苗字もないし明智に「黒い動物」って呼ばれて逃がされただけの荷物持ちだから

Yasuke wasn’t an actual samurai.

At the time, Christianity might have still been perceived as a new and leftist religion within Japan.

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Good summary

bruh whyd they be like "Mary is who forgives" when thats literally the reason why Christ was sacrificed in order to allow forgiveness of our sins. Mary did nothing she was just a woman who gave birth.

You used an orthodox icon for the thumbnail and you didnt bother to talk about Orthodox Christianity in Japan?

27:03 (Shimabara Rebellion) I think I've heard this battle a few times when hearing about the history of Japan closing itself off to the west for a long while in documentaries. But i think i recall hearing the name Shimbara reffered to as The Battle of Shimbara in the Samurai Showdown movie from the 1990s, with this character Amaksa Shiro Tokisata being the leader of said rebellion until they released something called Ankoshin Ambroshia right before he/she died. (pardon my horrible spelling) (i think in the original movie and game the character was a guy, but in the English dub of the movie the character was voiced by a woman. I think it was probably due to some confusion from the dubbing company with the way character was drawn and maybe not getting notes or something) Was that character from that movie/OVA/video game inspired by this event?

You did a good job.

it's a real shame for Japan & for the world that Catholism was rejected. Protestantism (false Christianity) is to blame. there could have been true prosperity but it was diverted. for the past 300 yrs, they're getting what they deserve.

Most of japanese love sake, money and sex. All of that is not favored by Christianity 😂

I found this video because of the tv show Shogun, and this is so informative, I learned so much!

Seeing the Meiji and WW2 era state of Christianity was new for me, and very informative. It is always far less documented than the prosecution period. I did find it strange there was no mention of the nuclear bombing of the capital of Christianity in Japan though. Great video!

The Bible states to whom much is given much is required. And to whom little is given little is required.So we know that those who never heard of Christ such as the ancestors as long as they did not violate their conscience given by God as long as they did not do something horrendous and God judges them righteously they would be able to enter heaven as well. So the statement that the Bible does not offer comfort to the ancestors is false.

Excellent video! Im currently Learning about Christianity in Japan and your video gave me good insights on the subject !

Imagine someone coming to your country, and tell you, you are wrong about god, your culture is shit, ours, is better your ancestors are sinners, hence, and convert some people and make them insult the cross representing Jesus, insult your ancestors. You feel bad, then you are a hypocrite.

LETS HOPE THAT CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM NEVER HAVE THE CHANCE TO DESTROY THAT BEAUTIFUL UNIQUE SHINTOISTIC AND BUDDHISTIC CULTURE IN JAPAN.

So nice to see religious superstition is on the way out of Japanese society, as it should be. Holding on to intolerance and fairy tales is a crime to humanity. You can believe anything you want for all I care, but don't try to use your superstition in politics and to force your beliefs on to other people. The countries that are most sucsessful in taking care of its people, are secular countries with a mix of capitalism and socialism. Where religion is a private matter. When you see countries like USA where religion is used to influence politics, womens health and freedom and peoples education, you see the birth of a banana republic and the dumbing down of the people. Stupid, religious, superstitious people are sheep and useful tools for "christian" nationalists. I guess this is a black and white way of seing the use of religion, but it's not untrue. Believe in old myths and fairy tales if you want to, but keep it private.

These videos fail to mention why Toyotomi Hideyoshi banned Christianity. They destroyed temples, murdered, and tried to plunder territories, they were also involved in the slave trade. As a Japanese, I am proud of Toyotomi Hideyoshi

This video will get popular now because of the show Shogun, really an overlooked part of history - also shows how Christianity as a conquering force is unable to penetrate against an equally strong culture.

Praise the Lord

Thank you for creating this video

This video left out Aramaic speaking Assyrian missionaries that were in Japan starting 8th century. Christianity was doing extremely well in Japan for a period of time, some members of Japanese Royal families converted and started speaking in Aramaic. Arimasa Kubo and Sakae Ikeda of Kyoto University have done extensive research on Aramaic speaking Christians who travelled to Asia to spread Christianity, not only in Japan but also before reaching Japan they were in China from 7th century and they reached their peak in 14th century during the Yuan Dynasty

In japan ,John wick play Jesus, SICK!!!

FX's Shogun brought me to this.

Win for Japan

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If you are Japanese or in an area that is very heavy with nonbelievers, then hear me out. I decided i would pray every single day at least once, for an amazing testimony to share with people. In my heart, i believed i would have kept praying for the rest of my life, if i had too. So after 8 months or so, God gave an AMAZING testimony that is very real... Then, that event strengthened my faith to the point that i started getting amazing prayers answered very often because i quit doubting... and was alinged with the Bibles instructions. Then, i started copying and pasting my testimony all over these TH-cam comment sections and sharing it with people id meet... Im telling you, it adds up and sharing your testimony gets easy to do... Especially if its online. THIS way of reaching the masses is so effective and easy...

Your video is incomplete because don’t mention Orthodox Christianity at all (except for their numbers in 1912 at 44:00). Nothing about St. Nicholas of Japan and Paul Takuma, his first convert, a former samurai and Shinto priest who originally went to his home to kill him. Without wealth or political influence (unlike the Catholic and Protestant missionaries) he made many converts to Christ while in a hostile environment.

Our Japanese compatriots were very wise to ban this religion. Their wisdom ensured that Japan maintained its cultural traditions and its religions even to this day, unlike other nations that saw their cultures, their religions, and even their languages irreparably harmed by this pernicious cult.