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"Having attained the 'economic miracle' of rising from the ruins of World War II, Japanese young people are now searching for meaning in life." Gospel Revolution is the first Gospel Music Program on a regular Radio Station in Japan, and support is being fueled by new discoveries into the history of Christianity in Japan.According to a report in Assist News Service, a book entitled, Japan: The Nation of the Cross, which is now available in secular bookstores throughout the country, traces a much stronger Christian history in the country than previously thought.
Beginning in the first century, Assyrian Christian migrants are believed to have brought the faith to Japan culminating in the beginning of the 17th century when the Christian population of Japan was estimated by Historian Masaru Anesaki to be approximately 30%.
The Japanese Holocaust which began in 1600 and lasted until 1859 is the longest recorded sustained persecution of Christians in modern history. It is estimated that nearly one million of the "hidden Christians", known as "Kirishitan" in the vernacular, were killed, often hung upside down and tortured.DJ Ikarashi Yoshitaka says, "We have a huge debt to the 'Kirishitan' who went before us and have recently heard that what we thought was only a 1% Christian population is now closer to 6% and growing. Having attained the 'economic miracle' of rising from the ruins of World War II, Japanese young people are now searching for meaning in life."
The radio program reportedly features some of the nearly 100 new Japanese Gospel Music groups, and a weekly prayer meeting. The groups gather to pray for the program, and for a higher profile in an economically strong but spiritually weak Japan. The growing movement is believed by some observers to be the beginning signs of a long predicted spiritual revival in Japan."We are hoping Christian Music publishers from throughout the world can help us with DVDs of new artists, permission to broadcast their music and we believe that we are on the verge of a spiritual revival in Japan," said Ikarashi Yoshitaka.
Source: Assist News Service
Beginning in the first century, Assyrian Christian migrants are believed to have brought the faith to Japan culminating in the beginning of the 17th century when the Christian population of Japan was estimated by Historian Masaru Anesaki to be approximately 30%.
The Japanese Holocaust which began in 1600 and lasted until 1859 is the longest recorded sustained persecution of Christians in modern history. It is estimated that nearly one million of the "hidden Christians", known as "Kirishitan" in the vernacular, were killed, often hung upside down and tortured.DJ Ikarashi Yoshitaka says, "We have a huge debt to the 'Kirishitan' who went before us and have recently heard that what we thought was only a 1% Christian population is now closer to 6% and growing. Having attained the 'economic miracle' of rising from the ruins of World War II, Japanese young people are now searching for meaning in life."
The radio program reportedly features some of the nearly 100 new Japanese Gospel Music groups, and a weekly prayer meeting. The groups gather to pray for the program, and for a higher profile in an economically strong but spiritually weak Japan. The growing movement is believed by some observers to be the beginning signs of a long predicted spiritual revival in Japan."We are hoping Christian Music publishers from throughout the world can help us with DVDs of new artists, permission to broadcast their music and we believe that we are on the verge of a spiritual revival in Japan," said Ikarashi Yoshitaka.
Source: Assist News Service
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