This page provides statistical information on the closure (abolition) of religious corporations based on data from the National Tax Agency's Corporate Number Publication Site. You can view statistics by closure reason, regional distribution, and yearly trends.
Religious corporation closures include various reasons such as voluntary dissolution, merger with other corporations, and ex officio closure by registrars. Below are statistics by closure reason code.
| Closure Reason | Cases | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Dissolution by Merger | 2,945 cases | 70.9% |
| Liquidation Completion | 1,068 cases | 25.7% |
| Closure by Registrar | 138 cases | 3.3% |
Out of 4,151 total cases, 138 cases (3.3%) are "Closure by Registrar".
This ex officio closure may include the following reasons:
However, without official information from the supervising agency, individual closure reasons cannot be determined.
This shows the trend of religious corporation closures over the past 10 years. You can view yearly trends and breakdowns by closure reason.
This is the TOP20 ranking of religious corporation closures by prefecture. These are based on the registered head office location and may differ from the actual area of activity.
| Rank | Prefecture | Closures | % of Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aichi | 249 cases | 6% |
| 2 | Osaka | 220 cases | 5.3% |
| 3 | Hokkaido | 215 cases | 5.2% |
| 4 | Hiroshima | 211 cases | 5.1% |
| 5 | Hyogo | 200 cases | 4.8% |
| 6 | Niigata | 199 cases | 4.8% |
| 7 | Fukuoka | 163 cases | 3.9% |
| 8 | Tokyo | 144 cases | 3.5% |
| 9 | Toyama | 127 cases | 3.1% |
| 10 | Gifu | 120 cases | 2.9% |
| 11 | Fukushima | 116 cases | 2.8% |
| 12 | Kyoto | 109 cases | 2.6% |
| 13 | Shizuoka | 108 cases | 2.6% |
| 14 | Saitama | 98 cases | 2.4% |
| 15 | Kagawa | 97 cases | 2.3% |
| 16 | Yamaguchi | 91 cases | 2.2% |
| 17 | Oita | 90 cases | 2.2% |
| 18 | Ehime | 88 cases | 2.1% |
| 19 | Wakayama | 84 cases | 2% |
| 20 | Kanagawa | 82 cases | 2% |
Prefectures indicate the registered head office location of religious corporations and do not necessarily mean that they were active in that prefecture. They may differ from the actual base of operations or distribution of believers.
This is a ranking of corporations that have absorbed the most other religious corporations through mergers. It shows corporations that played a central role when multiple corporations were integrated.
| Rank | Successor Corporation Name | Corporate Number | Absorptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 総都八幡神社 | 6240005010403 | 33 cases |
| 2 | 八幡神社 | 6240005009180 | 27 cases |
| 3 | 石田神社 | 3470005004392 | 23 cases |
| 4 | 天理教東本大教会 | 4010605000448 | 22 cases |
| 5 | 皇産霊神社 | 8040005010149 | 13 cases |
| 6 | 日本聖公会東北教区 | 7370005000662 | 11 cases |
| 7 | 賀茂神社 | 4240005010363 | 11 cases |
| 8 | 天理教中根大教会 | 9060005005039 | 11 cases |
| 9 | 二之宮八幡神社 | 1480005001333 | 10 cases |
| 10 | 天理教本愛大教会 | 1180005000118 | 10 cases |
This is a detailed list of religious corporations whose registrations have been closed. You can search for corporations that meet specific conditions using filter and sorting functions.
| Corporation Name | Closure Date | Reason | Prefecture | Successor |
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For serious cases that have received dissolution orders due to legal violations, such as Aum Shinrikyo and the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church), please refer to the separate "Dissolution Order List Page".
