Japan is a beautiful, technologically advanced country with a long history and fascinating culture. But it’s less well known that out of a population of 126 million only 0.3 percent are evangelical Christians, making Japanese people the second largest unreached people group in the world. Find out more about Japanese culture, religion and OMF’s work in the country below…

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Population Falling

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/07/05/national/social-issues/japans-population-falls-eighth-straight-year-number-foreign-residents-rises/

Karoshi

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/05/japanese-woman-dies-overwork-159-hours-overtime

The Greater Tokyo Area

https://www.statista.com/statistics/608524/japan-population-greater-tokyo-area/

Food Consumption

https://www.ft.com/content/f4db3b26-6045-11e5-a28b-50226830d644

Chopsticks

http://www.aizu-cci.or.jp/yeg/teigen2/chiiki3.pdf

Vending Machines

http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-so-many-vending-machines-in-japan-2017-1