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ko 1864 1929 a protestant and the founder of joshi eigaku juku today tsuda university in the 20th century two major contributors to protestant christian theology emerged in japan kosuke koyama 小山晃佑 koyama kōsuke who has been described as a leading contributor to global christianity and kazoh kitamori 北森嘉蔵 kitamori kazō who wrote the theology of the pain of god 神の痛みの神学 kami no itami no shingaku social rights activist and author toyohiko kagawa 賀川豊彦 kagawa toyohiko who was nominated for both the nobel peace prize and the nobel prize in literature has also become known outside japan due to his evangelical work mainly in japan social work and labor activism mitsuo fuchida 淵田美津雄 fuchida mitsuo 3 december 1902 30 may 1976 was a captain 85 in the imperial japanese navy air service and a bomber pilot in the imperial japanese navy before and during world war ii after world war ii ended fuchida became a christian and an evangelistic preacher 86 in 1952 fuchida toured the united states as a member of the worldwide christian missionary army of sky pilots fuchida spent the rest of his life telling others what god had done for him around the world in february 1954 reader s digest published fuchida s story of the attack on pearl harbor 87 he also wrote and co wrote books including from pearl harbor to golgotha aka from pearl harbor to calvary his story is told in god s samurai lead pilot at pearl harbor the warriors 88 chiune sugihara 杉原 千畝 sugihara chiune 1 january 1900 31 july 1986 was a japanese diplomat who served as vice consul for the japanese empire in lithuania he converted to orthodox christianity in 1935 89 90 while serving in china as a diplomat during world war ii he helped several thousand jews leave the country by issuing transit visas to jewish refugees so that they could travel to japan most of the jews who escaped were refugees from german occupied poland or residents of lithuania sugihara wrote travel visas that facilitated the escape of more than 6 000 jewish refugees to japanese territory 91 92 risking his career and his family s life in 1985 israel honored him as righteous among the nations for his actions 91 92 the 20th century also saw two christian novelists of renown ayako miura 三浦綾子 miura ayako 1922 1999 was a protestant writer known for her works one of the most influential being shiokari pass 塩狩峠 shiokari tōge 1968 citation needed shusaku endo 遠藤周作 endō shusaku was a catholic novelist renowned for his works focusing on christianity in japan including silence 沈黙 chinmoku christian prime ministers edit while christians account only for 1 of the population there have been nine christian prime ministers of japan three catholics and six protestants catholic edit hara takashi leader of the 19th government and the 10th prime minister 1918 1921 shigeru yoshida leader of the 45th 48th 49th 50th and 51st governments and the 32nd prime minister 1946 1947 and 1948 1954 tarō asō leader of the 92nd government and the 59th prime minister 2008 2009 protestant edit viscount takahashi korekiyo leader of the 20th government and the 11th prime minister 1921 1922 and 1932 tetsu katayama leader of the 46th government and the 33rd prime minister 1947 1948 ichirō hatoyama leader the 52nd 53rd and 54th governments and the 35th prime minister 1954 1956 masayoshi ōhira leader of the 68th and 69th governments and the 43rd prime minister 1978 1980 yukio hatoyama leader of the 94th government and the 60th prime minister 2009 2010 shigeru ishiba leader of the 102nd and 103rd government and the 65th prime minister 2024 2025 93 christian politicians edit in japan s 2025 house of councillors election 522 people ran for office of these three disclosed their christian faith 94 see also edit christianity portal japan portal religion in japan protestantism in japan nippon sei ko kai notes edit in the source this claim is made of all of xavier s converts across asia in general including but not limited to those in japan references edit 1 2 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