Number of Religious Juridical Persons

(As of December 31, 2022)

Jurisdiction	Religion	Comprehensive religious juridical persons	Single religious juridical persons			Individual religious juridical persons	Subtotal	Total
			Affiliated religious juridical persons
			Comprehensive religious juridical persons under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	Comprehensive religious juridical persons under the jurisdiction of a prefectural governor	Comprehensive religious juridical persons under the comprehensive religious organization (not juridical person)
Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology	Shinto	120	22	－	1	69	92	212
	Buddhism	156	180	－	4	148	332	488
	Christianity	66	41	－	2	220	263	329
	Others	26	49	－	－	66	115	141
	Total	368	292	0	7	503	802	1,170
Prefectural governors	Shinto	6	81,753	135	107	2,119	84,114	84,120
	Buddhism	11	73,481	65	164	2,659	76,369	76,380
	Christianity	7	2,761	32	27	1,690	4,510	4,517
	Others	1	12,763	－	8	380	13,151	13,152
	Total	25	170,758	232	306	6,848	178,144	178,169
Total		393	171,050	232	313	7,351	178,946	179,339

In principle, the authority responsible for religious juridical persons is the prefectural governor having jurisdiction over the location of its principal office.
In principle, the authority responsible for religious juridical persons is the prefectural governor having jurisdiction over the location of its principal office.
When a religious juridical person opens or closes a precinct building in another prefecture, the competent authority changes.