With the beginning of the era of Japanese Renaissance, known as the era of Meiji, started in 1868, only two countries in Asia enjoyed independence, namely the Ottoman Empire and Japan. As they both ...

Japan does not give citizenship or permanent residence to Muslims. Our verdict False. There is no mention of religion or Islam specifically in the requirements for becoming a Japanese national or ...

The murders of two Japanese nationals by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has highlighted the position of Islam in Japan, a country that before the early 20th century was a deeply isolated ...

Most of Japan’s relatively small Muslim population is foreign-born. This has led to misunderstandings regarding Islam. Shimoyama Shigeru, a Japanese man who converted to Islam after encountering the ...

The number of Muslim residents in Japan is on the rise, by some counts standing today at more than 230,000 nationwide, or around 1 in 500 people in the country. While the image of Islam as “a faith ...

I am a Muslim, a copywriter at McCann Malaysia, a millennial and an all-time Japan lover. Like most kids living in Malaysia, I was exposed to Japan via its cartoons with Malay dubbing (which can be ...

An advisory note for visitors about Iftar dinner written in Japanese and English is displayed during the holy month of Ramadan at Tokyo Camii in Tokyo. Muslim leaders ...

‘Aa’ishah Abid Choudry - her given name is Harumi - adopted her Muslim name and faith four years ago, at the age of 26, to marry a Pakistani. Two years later, like many Japanese women married to ...

After converting to Islam over a decade ago and settling in Turkey, today a Japanese academic gives religious education in Istanbul to Muslim converts from his country. Visiting Konya in central ...

Tokyo, Japan – Tokyo Camii, or the Tokyo Mosque, is a curious sight, both stunning and subtle. Despite the grand Turkish design, the mosque hides between apartment blocks in the quiet residential ...

Britain First has posted a graphic on Facebook claiming the UK should follow the lead of Japan in its treatment of Muslims. The Japanese government does not take religion into account when publishing ...