Shinto and Nationalism

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The article discusses how Shinto can not be separated from Japan and the Japanese, but in the late 19th and first half of the 20th centuries Shinto became an established state religion, which linked to the cause of Japanese nationalism. In the 6th century Buddhism was imported into Japanese religious life and Buddhism and Shinto together began to play a large part in the Japanese government. The Japanese civic religion in the 17th century still included elements of Confucianism, while popular religion consisted mainly of Buddhism and Shinto. There was a movement towards a purer Shinto during the new two centuries, and became an established religion of Japan for a time. The Japanese have been linked with religion for many centuries, the government is strictly based on Buddhism and Confucianism. The country has been examined numerous times by so many different groups to understand how the state works. But the migration population in Japan is very little so it seem to be understandable that the Japanese tolerate a government so religious because they have been there for many centuries.