By Ken Y-N ( August 25, 2005 at 22:26)
· Filed under Polls, Society
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The original Japanese text is here. The survey was carried out in October 2003 with a response of 1,417 people from the 2,000 parcipitants chosen. Sorry, but some of the religious terms are not too familiar to me, so the translation may not be very accurate.
Q1: Which of the following do you have in your house?
| Shinto shelf |
44.1% |
| Buddhist Altar |
49.8% |
| Shinto God Charm |
24.0% |
| Shinto Paper Offering |
7.3% |
| Temple/Shrine Charm |
26.3% |
| Cooking Stove God Charm |
9.8% |
| None |
24.0% |
| Don’t know |
1.5% |
Q2: Which of the following do you do:
| New Year’s Temple Visit |
72.6% |
| Obon etc Grave Visit |
76.0% |
| Carrying a Charm |
25.8% |
| Visiting Shrines when in Neighbourhood |
24.3% |
| Prayers for Family or Business |
22.7% |
| Reading Fortunes/Horoscopes |
8.9% |
| Reading Religion-Related Books |
7.3% |
| Zen, Yoga, Mass, etc |
3.3% |
| None |
5.7% |
| Don’t know |
0.5% |
Q3: Which of the following do you think exist?
| God (or gods in general) |
35.6% |
| Buddha |
36.3% |
| Ancestors’ Spirits |
36.3% |
| Heaven |
12.1% |
| Hell |
10.0% |
| Other Worlds (Pure Land, etc) |
15.9% |
| Reincarnation/Rebirth |
17.8% |
| Charms and Guards do not Exist |
13.0% |
| Nothing Supernatural Exists |
27.0% |
| Don’t know |
10.4% |
Q4: What do you think about “god” (“God”? “gods”?) and “Buddha”?
| They are almost the same |
22.8% |
| They are completely different |
23.9% |
| They are different, but work in similar ways |
23.7% |
| I’ve never thought about the differences |
21.0% |
| Don’t know |
8.5% |
Q5: Which of the following do you take note of:
| Butsu-metsu (unlucky) wedding day |
42.1% |
| Tomobiki (unlucky) funeral day |
42.8% |
| Purification returning from funeral |
30.2% |
| Sleeping with head pointing northward |
31.7% |
| The number 4 |
15.3% |
| Friday the 13th |
11.9% |
| Unlucky year |
43.8% |
| Direction house faces |
21.2% |
| Name kanji stroke count |
13.3% |
| None of them |
22.5% |
| Don’t know |
2.0% |
Q6: Which of the following do you think are true:
| Spoon-bending |
9.9% |
| Blood-type & character |
37.8% |
| Star signs & character and fate |
11.9% |
| Mediums |
18.7% |
| Healing/laying on hands |
8.1% |
| Feng Shui |
10.0% |
| Curses |
14.4% |
| Poltergeist |
5.8% |
| None of them |
33.8% |
| Don’t know |
10.1% |
Q7: Do you have faith?
SQ: If Yes, which of the following (more than one OK)
| Shinto |
22.0% |
| Buddhism |
77.2% |
| Christianity |
7.7% |
| Other |
3.6% |
| Don’t know |
2.7% |
Q8: Do you think that to have a happy life, religious is important?
| I think it is |
38.7% |
| I don’t think it is |
44.2% |
Q9: In the future, how will the relationship between Japanese and religion change?
| Religion will become essential |
3.4% |
| Religion will be needed more |
10.3% |
| No change from now |
58.5% |
| Religion will become less needed |
13.5% |
| Religion will not be needed at all |
4.2% |
| Don’t know |
10.1% |
Q10: Are you a member of a religious group?
SQ: If yes, which ones?
| Shinto-related |
4.0% |
| Traditional Buddhist |
17.7% |
| Christian |
12.9% |
| Soka Gakkai |
41.9% |
| Other Nichiren Buddhist |
3.2% |
| Tenri Sect |
4.8% |
| Shinnyo-en |
4.0% |
| Other group |
9.7% |
| Don’t know |
1.6% |
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well at least thier are more christians now in japan
Being a Christian, I pray for the country of Japan, the leaders and the people. I pray that they believe in the one true God and his son Jesus Christ.
And to those that are Japanese in Japan that read this, Chistmas, is not just a day Jesus Christ’s birth.
Now more than even, they need Jesus, please do not discard my words, but believe an turn to to the Lord so that you may be saved.
I will pray for you to the Amita Buddha, that you will find enlightenment to be more tolerant of other religions.