Religious organizations based in Japan

religious movement founded in Japan in the early 20th century

global new religious movement founded in Japan by Ryuho Okawa

Japanese new religious movement founded in 1938, focused around the Lotus Sutra and ancestor veneration

international Nichiren Buddhist movement founded in 1975 by Daisaku Ikeda

, or Konkō, is a Shinto sect with origins in Shinbutsu-shūgō beliefs. It is part of the . It was founded by (also known as ) in 1859. Konkōkyō primarily worships a kami named Tenchi Kane No Kami , as well as other kami, namely the Mitama no Kami (divine spirits of those who died). To which every Konko worship hall has two altars for this purpose. To define Konkōkyō with any particular theism is difficult. As it is a Shinto sect, its general belief system and worldview aligns with Shinto as a whole. It can be defined with various ideas depending on how one personally interprets the nature of Te

national Anglican church for Japan

Japanese organization

thumb|Makuya members visiting Israel '''''', based at the Tokyo Bible Seminary, is a new religious movement in Japan founded in 1948 by Ikurō Teshima. Its members' goal is to grasp the inner truth of "biblical religion", or the "love of the Holy Spirit" as Teshima puts it, and extol this love by embodying it and living accordingly.

, often referred to as just Nipponzan Myohoji or the Japan Buddha Sangha, is a Japanese new religious movement and activist group founded in 1917 by Nichidatsu Fujii, emerging from Nichiren Buddhism. "Nipponzan Myōhōji is a small Nichiren Buddhist order of about 1500 persons, including both monastics and lay persons." The community reveres the Lotus Sutra as the highest expression of the Buddhist message.

Japanese religion

political party

, or Reiyūkai Shakaden, is a Japanese Buddhist new religious movement founded in 1919 by Kakutarō Kubo (1892–1944) and Kimi Kotani (1901–1971). It is a lay organization (there are no priests) inspired by Nichiren Buddhism, but not affiliated to any particular sect.

is a syncretic, monotheistic, New Thought Japanese new religion that has spread since the end of World War II in Asia. It emphasizes gratitude for nature, the family, ancestors and, above all, religious faith in one universal God. Seichō no Ie is the world's largest New Thought group. By the end of 2010 it had over 1.6 million followers and 442 facilities, mostly located in Japan, Brazil, and the United States.

is a modern global Buddhist School for lay people. Its traditions can be traced back to the Daigoji branch of Shingon Buddhism. It was founded in 1936 by , and his wife in a suburb of metropolitan Tokyo, the city of Tachikawa, where its headquarters is still located.

thumb|Kokuchūkai Headquarters The is a lay-oriented Nichiren Buddhist group. It was founded by Tanaka Chigaku in 1880 as and renamed in 1884 before adopting its current name in 1914.

thumb|The rounded Crane Bird of Nichiren Shoshu, "Tsuru—Maru", used as the official symbol of the Kenshokai lay organization. thumb|right| The Kenshōkai main headquarters in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.

Japanese new religion

Kurozumikyō (黒住教, ) is a Shinto-based Japanese new religion founded in Okayama during the 19th century. In 1814, the religion's founder, Munetada Kurozumi (黒住宗忠), claimed to have a divine union with Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and chief kami in the Shinto pantheon. The religion is characterized by its daily worship of the sun at sunrise, called nippai (日拝). Kurozumikyō only worships the sun as its primary deity, a similarity also found in the Ancient Egyptian religion Atenism. Kurozumikyō believes that all kami (spirits) are the manifestations of a single supreme deity, namely Amaterasu.

Japanese new religion

Japanese new religious group

Japanese new religious movement founded in 1959