Japanese Weddings, Western Weddings

Here Comes the Japanese Bride, Looking Very Western
By JAMES BROOKE White weddings with a 'pastor' are crowding out Shinto ceremonies.

.....Only 1.4 percent of Japan's 127 million people are Christians, but Christian-style ceremonies now account for three-quarters of Japanese weddings. ....

The passion for Western-style weddings was first fueled in the 1980's by the televised weddings of Prince Charles and Lady Diana and of the Japanese pop star Momoe Yamaguchi. Since 1996, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the number of Christian weddings has nearly doubled while the number of Shinto weddings has plunged by two-thirds.

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