jan 1, 1587 - Christianity banned and no foreigners allowed into Japan
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Key Dates for Christianity in Japan1549 Francis Xavier of the Society of Jesus arrives in Kagoshima and begins the first Christian missionary activities in Japan.
1585 A mission of four Japanese youths sent by Arima Harunobu and other Christian daimyō in Kyūshū meets with Pope Gregory XIII (1502–85) in Rome.
1587 Toyotomi Hideyoshi issues an anti-Christian edict, limiting propagation activities and ordering foreign missionaries out of the country.
1596 Hideyoshi executes 6 foreign missionaries and 20 Japanese Christians at Nagasaki. They later become known as the 26 martyrs.
1612 The Edo shogunate issues an anti-Christian edict, forbidding propagation of the faith and ordering the destruction of churches.
1633 The shogunate issues the first of several sakoku edicts, setting the country on a path of national seclusion.
1853 US Commodore Matthew Perry arrives with a fleet of ships, triggering the reopening of Japan to international trade.
1858 The Japan-US Treaty of Amity and Commerce is signed, and US protestant missionaries come to Japan.
1865 Japanese “hidden Christians” declare their faith at Nagasaki’s Ōura Church, built by French residents of the city. The discovery that Christians had handed down their faith through the generations during the long years years of harsh repression is seen as a miracle.
1947 Japan’s postwar Constitution guarantees freedom of religion.
1981 Pope John Paul II makes the first papal visit to Japan.
2014 Prime Minister Abe Shinzō meets with Pope Francis and asks that he visit Japan to mark 150 years since the discovery of the “hidden Christians.”
2018 The Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (Nagasaki and Kumamoto) are registered as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
2019 Pope Francis visits Japan.
from -
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h00597/a-timeline-of-christianity-in-japan.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJJMKQWnGkY
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jan 1, 1587
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~ 438 years ago