Student Christian Movement in Japan not only played a vital role in the formation of student movement but also helped in the formation of World Student Christian Federation. As early as 1870, there were attempts to form student movements; “Believers in Jesus” was one of such attempts. In 1888 Student YMCA movement was founded. In 1901, the Japan city YMCA alliance was set up and was merged with the student YMCA alliance in 1903 to become the National Council of YMCAs of Japan.
Japan Student YMCA
National Coordinator
7 Honshiocho
Shinjuku-ku
Tokyo 160-0003
Japan
Contact: Yuria Yokoyama. Wataru Arizumi
E-mail: yokoyama[at]ymcajapan.org,
arizumi[at]ymcajapan.org
Website: www.jca.apc.org/ymca-s/index-j.html
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| Country | Japan |
| Capital | name: Tokyo geographic coordinates: 35 41 N, 139 45 E time difference: UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) |
| Population | 127,078,679 (July 2009 est.) |
| GMT | +9 |
| Location | Eastern Asia, island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula |
| Area | total: 377,835 sq km land: 374,744 sq km water: 3,091 sq km note: includes Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-gunto), Daito-shoto, Minami-jima, Okino-tori-shima, Ryukyu Islands (Nansei-shoto), and Volcano Islands (Kazan-retto) |
| Ethnic groups | Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6% note: up to 230,000 Brazilians of Japanese origin migrated to Japan in the 1990s to work in industries; some have returned to Brazil (2004) |
| Religions | observe both Shinto and Buddhist 84%, other 16% (including Christian 0.7%) |
| Languages | Japanese |
| Government type | constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary government |
| National holiday | Birthday of Emperor AKIHITO, 23 December (1933) |
| Constitution | 3 May 1947 |
| Legal system | modeled after German civil law system with English-American influence; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Court; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations |
| Internet country code | .jp |
Country information and map source: www.country-details.com
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