THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
May 25, 2023 at 06:00 JST
Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, seen here in the city’s Nishinari Ward on April 28, opened last year. (Rikako Takai)
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. [Read More]
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