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[[File:Japan location.png|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Japan]] is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]
[[File:Japan location.png|thumbnail|right|200px|[[Japan]] is one of the most atheistic countries in the world.<ref>[http://www.thechapmans.nl/news/Atheist.pdf Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics (Zuckerman, 2005)]
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>]]
*[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2013/05/23/a-surprising-map-of-where-the-worlds-atheists-live/ A surprising map of where the world’s atheists live], ''Washington Post'' By Max Fisher and Caitlin Dewey May 23, 2013</ref>]]
Japan has higher degree of social conformity than [[Western World]] nations which have a cultural legacy of Christianization. A Japanese proverb states, "A nail that sticks out gets hammered down".
Japan has higher degree of social conformity than [[Western World]] nations which have a cultural legacy of Christianization. A Japanese proverb states, "A nail that sticks out gets hammered down".
Okuyama noted that Christianity is thriving in neighboring China and Korea because the mentality of the people is to “make more of truth or principle than human relationships.”<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/mission-leaderwhy-so-few-christians-in-japan-45217/ Mission Leader: Why So Few Christians in Japan?] by Michelle Vu, Christian Post</ref>}}
Okuyama noted that Christianity is thriving in neighboring China and Korea because the mentality of the people is to “make more of truth or principle than human relationships.”<ref>[http://www.christianpost.com/news/mission-leaderwhy-so-few-christians-in-japan-45217/ Mission Leader: Why So Few Christians in Japan?] by Michelle Vu, Christian Post</ref>}}
See also:'' [[Atheism and groupthink]]
== Factors related to growth of Christianity in Asia ==
== Factors related to growth of Christianity in Asia ==