Asia & the Pacific

In asking people in 44 countries which of these they owned, we found notable differences between economically advanced nations, emerging markets and developing countries.

The U.S. dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki has long divided Americans and Japanese: 56% of Americans say it was justified, versus 14% of Japanese.

We asked people in both countries if they associated particular words such as "hardworking," "inventive" or "selfish" with people in the other country.

Demographer Conrad Hackett explains how he and his team put together our major new report and why it differs from past efforts to predict religious change.

While Americans and Japanese trust each other, both are wary of China, and they differ in their views of what role Japan's military should play.

Adversaries in World War II, fierce economic competitors in the 1980s and early 1990s, Americans and Japanese nonetheless share a deep mutual respect.

What will the world’s religious landscape look like a few decades from now?

As of 2010, nearly a third of the world's population identified as Christian. But if demographic trends persist, Islam will close the gap by the middle of the 21st century.

Explore the estimated religious composition of 198 countries and territories for 2010 to 2050.

The U.S. ranks in the middle range of the nearly 200 countries we analyzed to assess restrictions on religion and social hostilities toward religious groups.