In recent years, the Muslim population in Japan has increased, signaling the country's growing diversity. The phenomenon was triggered by a significant increase in marria
Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines . but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that has seen a seven-fold increase in the number of mosques.
The Muslim population continues to grow in Japan, but only a few cemeteries in this country, where cremation is the norm, offer burial arrangements based on their religion.
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