Japan's Religious Yearbook, published annually by the national Agency for Cultural Affairs, is an official government statistical compilation, cited here without a specific edition year since the source is an ongoing annual series rather than a single dated volume. Its strength is that it draws on mandatory reporting by religious corporations, including Tenrikyo's own figures, which show membership falling from 2,298,420 in 1974 to 1,121,541 in 2025. Its limit is that the figures are household or corporate self-reports, not independent headcounts, and the entry treats them with that caveat rather than as a hard census.
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Japan's Religious Yearbook, published annually by the national Agency for Cultural Affairs, the top tier reflecting an official government statistical compilation drawing on mandatory reporting by religious corporations. Its limit is that the underlying figures are household or corporate self-reports rather than an independent headcount, a caveat this record already carries. NotesTenrikyo reported membership 2,298,420 (1974) falling to 1,121,541 (2025). The entry adds the household-reporting caveat rather than treating these as headcounts.
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AuthorAgency for Cultural Affairs, Japan
Source Typegovernment
Claims Backed By This Source (8 claims)
This source backs 8 claims across the atlas. As facts: 5 well-attested. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Denominations, 2 claims: 2 general references.
- Religions, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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