Religion and Politics in Japan

Toyoda, Maria A.; Tanaka, Aiji

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“…Relatively stabilized post‐World War II Japanese politics is not immune to the trend. Political parties and candidates in Japan align with emerging new religious organizations and realign with existing religious organizations, which transforms voting blocs among electorates (Toyoda and Tanaka :279–282; Metraux :267–285). In India, a prominent mobilization comprised of nationalist and Hindu religious concerns, Hindutva , gained political steam in the 1980s by forging an alliance with a political force, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Sabu :252–261; Haynes :153).…”

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Too Far, Too Close: Religious Affiliations and Asians' Perceptions of US and China's Influence

Kim

2012

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This article examines the impact of sociopolitical and spiritual factors on Asians' perceptions of US and China's influence. From the 2003 AsiaBarometer survey, seven Asian countries with diverse socioeconomic and religious components are analyzed—India, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Uzbekistan. Multilevel estimates reveal that (i) individuals from the seven nations show fewer similarities than do members of different religious institutions concerning US and China's influence in the region; (ii) only Muslims strongly oppose US influence in the region, while other religious affiliations do not wield any significant explanatory power. Contrastingly, individuals affiliated with religions positively perceive China's influence; (iii) sociopolitical contentment substantially boosts favorable perception about the United States and China; and (iv) spiritual perseverance discourages approval of the United States and China, but not trust in religious organizations.

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Section: Impact Of Religious Institutionsmentioning

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Too Far, Too Close: Religious Affiliations and Asians' Perceptions of US and China's Influence

Kim

2012

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“…The injunction in the First Commandment to "have no other Gods before me" can create or exacerbate political tension, by making religious syncretism or pluralism extremely problematic [24,25]. That is, the exclusivity demanded by the great monotheisms of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam render the sort of melding and coexistence which characterize Buddhism and Confucianism in Viet Nam [26], or Buddhism and Shinto in Japan [27] extremely problematic. In turn, this type of religious particularism can make the accommodation and compromise which comprise some notions of democratic civility most difficult.…”

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Islam and Roman Catholicism as Transnational Political Phenomena: Notes for a Comparative Research Agenda

Jelen

Tamadonfar

2011

Religions

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Abstract:In this paper, we offer some preliminary insights into a comparison of Islam and Roman Catholicism as transnational or "transcivilizational" political phenomena. We note that both traditions are monotheistic, offer universalist theologies, and have played important political roles both historically and in contemporary national and international politics. The comparison provides some additional insights into the role of "the sacred" in politics at various levels, and presents the possibility of an intermediate level of analysis in comparative politics.

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“…Readers familiar with scholarship on Japanese religion will naturally reach for Hardacre's work when they have an interest in religion and politics in the Japanese context, whereas if they are more familiar with political science, or more specifically, comparative politics, they may consult A. Maria Toyoda and Aiji Tanaka's article, "Religion and Politics in Japan" (Toyoda and Tanaka 2002). But their chapter included in a book entitled Religion and Politics in Comparative Perspective: The One, the Few, and the Many (Jelen and Wilcox 2002) will, in my view, leave for the readers a number of further questions rather than answers.…”

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The Yasukuni Shrine Problem in the East Asian Context: Religion and Politics in Modern Japan

Okuyama

2009

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The problem of issues surrounding Yasukuni Shrine is one of the main topics in religion and politics in contemporary Japan. This paper tries to approach the Yasukuni Shrine problem, first by contextualizing this problem in the East Asian settings, then by reviewing the recent court cases surrounding Yasukuni Shrine, and finally by commenting on two documentary films focusing on this problem. Examining the reactions by the Chinese government to the visits paid by Japanese politicians since the mid-1970s shows that these visits, to the place where the class A war criminals are enshrined, has been regarded in the Chinese official view as offensive to the victims of the aggressive wars of Japan. The recent court cases targeting mainly the former Prime Minister Koizumi’s repeated visits to Yasukuni Shrine are worth special attention because they have involved Koreans and Taiwanese besides Japanese as the plaintiffs. These cases have presented constitutional points of dispute for both Japanese and other Asian people. These situations have set the backdrop of the production and screening of the documentary films, Annyong, Sayonara (2005), and Yasukuni (2007). These two films illustrate not only the current problem of Yasukuni Shrine but also the surrounding setting of this problem in East Asia.

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Religion and Politics in Japan

Cited by 7 publications

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Too Far, Too Close: Religious Affiliations and Asians' Perceptions of US and China's Influence

Too Far, Too Close: Religious Affiliations and Asians' Perceptions of US and China's Influence

Islam and Roman Catholicism as Transnational Political Phenomena: Notes for a Comparative Research Agenda

The Yasukuni Shrine Problem in the East Asian Context: Religion and Politics in Modern Japan

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