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
