A Japanese-language blog post tracking Nichiren Shoshu's own reported believer counts by year as published in the Agency for Cultural Affairs' annual Religious Yearbook, read 2026-08-16. Used here for the 2020 figure of 771,200 members.
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Citation
Authorryougenin (blog author)
PublisherAmeba Blog
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://ameblo.jp/ryougenin/entry-12908515002.html
Source Typenews
Assessment
Reliability Tier3
Tier three: an independent blog, not itself an official body, but used here only as a relay of the figure it names as belonging to the Agency for Cultural Affairs' annual Religious Yearbook, Japan's official government religious-statistics compilation, a checkable underlying primary rather than the blog author's own opinion. Connections
Associated With
This source names Nichiren directly: "A Japanese-language blog post tracking Nichiren Shoshu's own reported believer counts by year as published in the Agency for Cultural Affairs' annual Religious Yearbook, read 2026-08-16."
Source Nichiren Shoshu Believer Counts by Year, Religious Yearbook Relay (ameblo.jp, 2026)ryougenin (blog author)
Claims Backed By This Source (12 claims)
This source backs 12 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Denominations, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
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