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April 26, 2017 11:00 am JST

Thousands of Japanese Buddhist temples left 'priestless'

Nearly 13,000 lack resident leaders as depopulation gnaws at community pillars

ALEXANDER MARTIN, Nikkei staff writer

Japan's Buddhist temples rely on ceremonial fees and collections from local supporters. © Reuters 

   

TOKYO -- Japan is home to more Buddhist temples than convenience stores, but many are struggling to find the parishioners they need to stay afloat. As congregations shrink, thousands of temples are going without resident priests.
A survey released by the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper this week shows that nearly 13,000 of the approximately 75,000 Buddhist temples in the country do not have resident priests or are co-managed by chief priests from other temples.

The situation is especially dire in rural areas that have seen their populations fall, either naturally or due to migration to cities, a spokesman for the largest sect represented in the poll told the Nikkei Asian Review.
The poll covered 62,600 Buddhist temples -- or over 80% of all temples in Japan -- belonging to 13 sects. Of the total, 12,964, or around 20%, do not have a resident priest.
"With rural depopulation, we're seeing many temples lacking enough parishioners to pay for their upkeep," said a spokesman for the Soto sect, the largest of the Zen sects in Japan, which oversees 14,521 temples. Of those, around 22% do not have designated resident priests. Some chief priests, or jyushoku in Japanese, manage up to six or seven small temples.
Some temples, especially those in mountainous regions with dwindling communities, have been abandoned because there are not enough local patrons to finance their activities, the spokesman said.
Financial squeeze
Traditionally, Buddhist temples are pillars of communities, offering funerals, memorial services, spiritual advice and managing family graves. They rely on ceremonial fees and money collected from local supporters.
But high funeral prices -- the fees for ceremonies and related services can run upwards of $20,000 -- have led many secular-minded Japanese to look for cheaper options. This is weighing on the finances of temples already struggling with changing demographics.
The issue has been raised by Buddhist organizations on numerous occasions. Some priests have opened Buddhism-themed bars and cafes to give the religion a hipper image, and to make it more accessible to the masses.

Nearly 13,000 lack resident leaders as depopulation gnaws at community pillars

ALEXANDER MARTIN, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japan is home to more Buddhist temples than convenience stores, but many are struggling to find the parishioners they need to stay afloat. As congregations shrink, thousands of temples are going without resident priests.
A survey released by the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper this week shows that nearly 13,000 of the approximately 75,000 Buddhist temples in the country do not have resident priests or are co-managed by chief priests from other temples.

The situation is especially dire in rural areas that have seen their populations fall, either naturally or due to migration to cities, a spokesman for the largest sect represented in the poll told the Nikkei Asian Review.
The poll covered 62,600 Buddhist temples -- or over 80% of all temples in Japan -- belonging to 13 sects. Of the total, 12,964, or around 20%, do not have a resident priest.
"With rural depopulation, we're seeing many temples lacking enough parishioners to pay for their upkeep," said a spokesman for the Soto sect, the largest of the Zen sects in Japan, which oversees 14,521 temples. Of those, around 22% do not have designated resident priests. Some chief priests, or jyushoku in Japanese, manage up to six or seven small temples.
Some temples, especially those in mountainous regions with dwindling communities, have been abandoned because there are not enough local patrons to finance their activities, the spokesman said.
Financial squeeze
Traditionally, Buddhist temples are pillars of communities, offering funerals, memorial services, spiritual advice and managing family graves. They rely on ceremonial fees and money collected from local supporters.
But high funeral prices -- the fees for ceremonies and related services can run upwards of $20,000 -- have led many secular-minded Japanese to look for cheaper options. This is weighing on the finances of temples already struggling with changing demographics.
The issue has been raised by Buddhist organizations on numerous occasions. Some priests have opened Buddhism-themed bars and cafes to give the religion a hipper image, and to make it more accessible to the masses.

The future, however, looks grim, given Japan's declining population and the ongoing exodus from the countryside to cities.
"The situation hasn't really changed over the past decade," the Soto spokesman said. "We have priests, but there's no point in dispatching them to temples in areas where there's no economic activity."

از پناهجویان در ژاپن استقبال نمی شود

بررسی های صورت گرفته نشان می دهد که در کشور ژاپن پناهندگان و پناهجویان مورد استقبال قرار نمی گیرند و آنان می بایست همیشه در حاشیه زندگی کنند.

به گزارش ایرنا، تحقیقات نشان می دهد که دولت ژاپن در یک دهه گذشته هرگز از سختگیری های خود برای این افراد آسیب پذیر به رغم درخواست های مکرر مردم و نهادهای مختلف این کشور برای پذیرش آنان نکاسته و در این کشور پناهندگان و پناهجویان کشورهای مختلف از سوریه گرفته تا کشورهای آفریقایی برای باز کردن حساب بانکی، بیمه و گرفتن امتیازاتی که به طور معمول افراد در یک جامعه دارند با محدودیت های بسیار زیادی روبرو هستند.

روزنامه «ژاپن تودی» در تازه ترین گزارش خود اعلام کرده است که احساسات ضد پناهجویی در اروپا و آمریکا شدت گرفته است اما در ژاپن بیشترین محدودیت ها به صورت قانونی اعمال می شود و یک پناهجو به تنهایی باید به مبارزه با دولت برود.

این گزارش تصریح می کند: ژاپن به طور کلی برای پناهجویان و اتباع خارجی یکی از سخت ترین کشورها برای زندگی است و در حالی که آنها باید ژاپنی صحبت کنند، نمی دانند دقیقا برای فرا گرفتن این زبان که ارائه خدمات در این زمینه بسیار محدود است، به کجا مراجعه کنند.

جمعیت ژاپن هم اکنون ۱۲۷ میلیون نفر است و به دلیل نرخ پایین زاد و ولد و نرخ بالای مرگ و میر این رقم برای سال ۲۰۶۰ میلادی ۸۵ میلیون نفر پیش بینی شده است با این حال و به رغم نیاز به نیروی کار باز هم از پناهجویان و خارجیان در ژاپن استقبال نمی شود.

دولت ژاپن اعلام کرده که در سال ۲۰۱۶ میلادی بیش از ۱۰ هزار نفر از کشورهای مختلف درخواست پناهجویی به توکیو ارسال کرده اند که نسبت به سال 2015 با افزایش روبرو بوده است.

عمده کسانی که در سال گذشته میلادی از ژاپن درخواست پناهندگی کرده اند کسانی هستند که مایل به کار در این کشور بوده و نمی خواهند زیر پوشش حمایتی دولت قرار بگیرند.

از سال ۲۰۱۰ میلادی دولت ژاپن مقرراتی را به اجرا گذاشت که بر اساس آن کسانی که به عنوان پناهنده وارد این کشور شده اند بعد از مدت معینی که تحت نظارت قرار می گیرند، حق ورود به بازار کار دارند که البته به ندرت چنین مقرراتی اجرایی شده است.

از آن زمان به این طرف شمار درخواست کنندگان پناهجویی در ژاپن افزایش یافته و در سال ۲۰۱۵ میلادی شمار این افراد به هفت هزار و ۵۸۶ نفر رسید و در سال ۲۰۱۶ میلادی از مرز ۱۰ هزار نفر فراتر رفته است.

با این وصف ژاپن یکی از کشورهایی است که سخت ترین شرایط را برای ورود و بکار گیری پناهجویان دارد و به همین سبب همواره مورد انتقاد شدید بین المللی قرار داشته است.

این کشور که به بستن درهای خود به روی پناهجویان شهرت جهانی دارد در سال های ۲۰۱۰ تا ۲۰۱۵ میلادی فقط بین شش تا ۳۹ نفر را به عنوان پناهجو قبول کرد و به آنها اجازه کار داد.

وزارت دادگستری این کشور با اینکه هنوز آمار سال گذشته میلادی را منتشر نکرده، می گوید در حال بررسی افزودن بر دایره شمول قبولی پناهجویان است.

دولت ژاپن مدعی است، بسیاری از کسانی که از این کشور اعلام پناهندگی می کنند، کسانی هستند که از دلایل کافی و قانع کننده برای این کار بر اساس مقررات سازمان ملل متحد برخوردار نیستند.

ژاپن تودی همچنین از قول وزارت دادگستری ژاپن آورده است: بسیاری از پناهجویان در فرم هایی که پر کرده اند علت درخواست پناهندگی را داشتن بدهی، منازعات و درگیری با همسایگانشان عنوان کرده اند.