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Takeaways from AP's reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan

Masatsugu Tanimoto, a farmer and one of the few remaining hidden Christians on Ikitsuki Island, hangs a scroll of the Virgin Mary and Jesus once secretly worshipped at his home in Ikitsuki Island in ...
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'A huge loss.' In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction

IKITSUKI, Japan — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a scroll ...
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'A huge loss.' In remote Nagasaki islands, a rare version of Christianity heads toward extinction

Yoshitaka Oishi and others chant "Orasho" prayers during their annual performance at the Ikitsuki Island Museum "Shima no Yakata" in Ikitsuki Island in Hirado, southern Japan, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
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Takeaways from AP's reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan

IKITSUKI, Japan — On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and believers ...
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Takeaways from AP’s reporting on looming extinction of rare version of Christianity in rural Japan

IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and ...