Japanese

• Scriptures published: Bible (1883--1987) New Testament (1879--1993) Portions (1837--1992)
• Literacy: Taught in primary schools. Y
• Primary country: Japan
• Region: Widespread
• Also used in: American Samoa, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Dominican Republic, Germany, Guam, , Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Mongolia, New Zealand, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Republic of China, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
• Religion: Buddhist, Shintoist
• Status: De facto national language in Japan; Language of recognized nationality in Palau
• Number of users: 122,072,000

(data from Ethnologue and other sources)

Scripture

• Faith Comes by Hearing:
• Forum of Bible Agencies International: Find a Bible in Japanese
• World Bibles: all known Scripture available in Japanese on the web
• Joshua Project: Japanese — facts and resources

Other

• ScriptSource: writing systems of the world
• Ethnologue entry for Japanese — detailed linguistic information.