An gabatar da Kiristanci zuwa Japan a lokacin mulkin mallaka ta Saint Francis Xavier a shekara ta 1550. Tun daga farko, ana ganin Kiristanci a matsayin barazana ga ikon shogun. A shekara ta 1643, an haramta Kiristanci, an lalata dukkan majami'u, an azabtar da dukkan Kiristocin da aka sani kuma an bukaci su tuba zuwa addinin Buddha ko fuskantar kisa, kuma duk alamun tasirin kirista an kawar da su. Ba a soke haramcin ba har zuwa 1858. Tambaya: Wanene ya kawo koyarwar Kristi zuwa Japan?
Saint Francis Xavier