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Japan Excludes Christians From Coronation Ceremonies

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 11, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 56.

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Japan Excludes Christians From Coronation Ceremonies

JAPAN is turning against Christianity. Another indication of this tendency is seen in an Associated Press dispatch sent from Tokio, October 28:—
Japan has decided to adhere to her original intention not to invite a representative of the Christian religion to the coronation ceremonies of Emperor Yoshito, to be held in Kioto early next month. Japanese Christians tried to induce the court and government to change the original plans, on the ground that Christianity is now one of the prominent religions in the empire, but the authorities decided that only representatives of the Buddhist and Shinto religions would attend the ceremonies. The explanation given is that Buddhist and Shinto priests have a court rank in Japan which entitled them to an invitation.