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 RELIGION — I • ION

Religion (excluding Formosa).

There is ahnolute religious freedom. The chief forma of religi' Shintoism, with 14 sect*; (2) Buddhism, with 12s* 1 ' miuations)

Iti 1917 Shinto shrinM

and the priests, 14,732.

,i priests and

-eaehersand 1,450

• • k, Catholic, and

There is no State religion, an

numbered 49,446 v besides 67,418 minoi shrin

Buddhist temples, 71,702 (besid* •.-

priestesses, 61,363. There were, besides, 2,521

churches and preaching stations of the Roman

Protestant Churches. Since 1891 the B/> man Cat I its had an episco-

Jate of one archbishop and three suffragan bishop*. There are shnne* edicated to the eminent ancestors of the Imperial House, and to meritorious subjects ; these are independent of any religj ^ id some of then are

supported by State or local authorities.

Instruction.

ication is compulsory. The number of children of school 14 I oil March 31, 1915, wa The following ire the

educational statistics for 191o lo : -

Institutes

her

U and Pupil*

Ki»dergHrt*n

IH

Schools for the Bliml an. 1

Dumb ....

71

Elementary schools.


 * 5.5?s

!«?

Middle

321

Girls' High „

•

Normal

Special ft technical seSmar

7,654

Miscellaneous school*

•-',417

JO

High schools.

8

M

-

Universities

4

S9S

9.S96

Japan has 5 Imperial universities, and 11 other institutions which in 1920 were admitted to university rank, making 16 in all, as follows: —

Location Ksta'.linl

Tokyo Imperial L'niversity Kyoto Imperial University Tohoka Imperial Uivers:?. Kyushu Imi erial C Hokka

Waaeda University .... University .....

Nihon University .... Hoeei Univerait] .... Doahisha L'r ...

Fukuoka

Tokyo

Tokyo

.

417

191 2>0M

911

mm 141 4.100 i na i«4

2,600 114 1,910 1S90

457

200

Tokv ..erc'i Osaka Cnivprsity of Medcinei. A-ichi tfatvenitv of Medietas! .

Tokyo Osaka

'.?" 59 1,290

50 730

540

l Governmental.

- Prefectuial.

The Government will devote 44,000,000 yen to extend higher education, thi* sum to be a continuing expenditure extending over six years from