As in the case of other East Asian countries, Japan has also accepted 'Taoism' and 'Confucianism' (there is an opinion that Confucianism is a philosophy or thought, but not a religion), but was not influenced by those as much as the Korean Peninsula and China.
他の東アジア諸国と同様に「道教」や「儒教」（儒教は哲学や思想であるが宗教ではないとする見解もある）も受容しているが、その影響は朝鮮半島や中国ほどではない。