Number of Religious Juridical Persons

(As of December 31, 2023)

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 119 23 1 67 91 210
Buddhism 155 181 4 148 333 488
Christianity 66 40 2 217 259 325
Others 26 54 65 119 145
Total 366 298 0 7 497 802 1,168
Prefectural governors Shinto 6 81,654 135 107 2,126 84,022 84,028
Buddhism 11 73,373 65 164 2,667 76,269 76,280
Christianity 7 2,763 33 27 1,705 4,528 4,535
Others 1 12,522 8 379 12,909 12,910
Total 25 170,312 233 306 6,877 177,728 177,753
Total 391 170,610 233 313 7,374 178,530 178,921

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.