• PEOPLE NAME: YORON OF JAPAN

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PEID: 7581

ROP: 111093

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Affinity Group: Asian Pacific Rim Peoples

Affinity Bloc: East Asian Peoples

People Cluster: Japanese

Language: Yoron - (yox)

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Primary Religion: Ethnoreligion - Shinbutso-shugo

Country: Japan

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Population: 7,400

Global Population: 7,400


PEID: 7581

ROP: 111093

Progress of the Gospel: Unengaged and Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: Less than 2% Evangelical, No Active CP Activity


Overview: The Yoron of Japan, numbering 7,400, are Unengaged and Unreached. They are part of the Japanese people cluster within the East Asian Peoples affinity bloc. This people group is only found in Japan. Their primary language is Yoron. The primary religion practiced by the Yoron is Shinbutsu-shugo, a syncretized mixture of Shinto and Buddhism that forms a unique Japanese Folk Religion practiced by Japanese worldwide.


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