Number of Religious Juridical Persons

(As of December 31, 2024)

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	118	22	－	1	68	91	209
	Buddhism	153	180	－	4	148	332	485
	Christianity	66	40	－	2	218	260	326
	Others	26	58	－	0	66	124	150
	Total	363	300	－	7	500	807	1,170
Prefectural governors	Shinto	5	81,541	133	106	2,143	83,923	83,928
	Buddhism	11	73,251	64	164	2,682	76,161	76,172
	Christianity	7	2,762	33	26	1,710	4,531	4,538
	Others	1	12,341	－	8	379	12,728	12,729
	Total	24	169,895	230	304	6,914	177,343	177,367
Total		387	170,195	230	311	7,414	178,150	178,537

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.