TOKYO -- The separation of politics and religion ordained by the Japanese constitution "is not meant to foreclose political activities by religious institutions," Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently said.
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Original copy of the Constitution of Japan. Article 20 of the constitution bans the state from being involved in any religious organization and giving any privileges to it. © Kyodo
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