During the Meiji Restoration

Christians in Japan were willing to serve the nation faithfully so that they could overcome the claim from the early modern period that Christianity does harm to the nation. In modern Japan

as the nation established kokutai

the "National Structure" of the State Shinto

which centered around Emperor

Christianity came into conflict with the National Structure

but later reconciled with it and eventually

adjusted to Japan. The current paper will examine this process. In the early modern period

Christian thought was introduced to Japan through Chinese literature written in kanji and missionaries from the West went over to Korea through Japan. However

Christians in Japan chose to "leave Asia and join the West" . The believers affirmed the nation’s invasion to other Asian countries and after all the denominations merged into the United Church of Christ in Japan (UCCJ)

they cooperated in the nation’s war effort and worshiped at Shinto shrines. After World War II

churches in Japan repented on these two actions and have been aiming to be independent from the nation and build good lateral relationships with other Asian churches.