• PEOPLE NAME: LATIN AMERICAN NIKKEI OF JAPAN


PEID: 49263

ROP: 117111

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: East Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Japanese

Language: Spanish - (spa)

Alternate Name(s): Japanese, Latin American, Nikkei

Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Shinbutso-shugo

Country: Japan

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Population: 60,500

Global Population: 60,500


PEID: 49263

ROP: 117111

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Latin American Nikkei of Japan, numbering 60,500, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Japanese people cluster within the East Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Japan. Their primary language is Spanish. The primary religion practiced by the Latin American Nikkei is Shinbutsu-shugo, a syncretized mixture of Shinto and Buddhism that forms a unique Japanese Folk Religion practiced by Japanese worldwide.


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