On Saturday, December 13, 1997 4:08 PM, H. Torrance Griffin wrote:

Christianity, for example, is at best a semi-fringe cult in Japan to
this day.

I think calling Christianity a cult is a little extreme.  It *is* a 
minority religion, however.

In 1994,  117 million Japanese adhered to Shintoism.  90 million were 
Buddhists.  2 million were Christians.

In the Ranma 1/2 manga, Kasumi is clearly seen wearing a cross on more 
than one occasion.  So it is reasonable to assume that Kasumi, at 
least, is Christian, and quite possibly the whole Tendo family.

No it isn't reasonable to assume this.  It just could be just a piece of jewlery in the shape of 
a cross with no religious meaning whatsoever for the person who bought it. Kasumi could 
have bought/worn it just because she thought it was pretty.  

The fact that someone wears a cross or any other piece of jewlery really doesn't mean a 
damn thing in today's world, Richard. Walk up to a man who lives in the inner city who wears 
an earing nowdays and ask him if he's gay. After he beats the crap out of you, and you're 
released from the hospital, do let us know what he said....