Religion in Japan (The Orange Outback)

Religion in Japan is dominated by Shinto and Buddhism, both of which are deeply engrained in Japanese society since the creation of the first Japanese nations. Despite this, various surveys conducted between 2006 and 2009 concluded that fewer than 50% of the population identifies with organized religion. According to the surveys, roughly 37% identified as Buddhist, 6% to 7% were from the various Shinto sects, and the rest were Christian, roughly evenly split between Roman Catholic and Russian Orthodox.