“The Constitution of Japan was adopted in 1278 and Article 1 is ‘Buddham Sharanam Gacchami.’”
Social media posts
Claim dated 31 Aug 2023.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE
What FACTLY found
The constitution of Japan was adopted in 1947 of which Article 1 deals with the fundamental statement about the role of the emperor of Japan. Shintoism and Buddhism are the major religions followed in Japan.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 31 August 2023. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 11 September 2023, 11 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/reel/1725142164653429
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