A group of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakure_Kirishitan" id="mwNA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kakure Kirishitan">early Japanese Christians</a> are <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26_Martyrs_of_Japan" id="mwNQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="26 Martyrs of Japan">killed</a> by the new government of Japan for being seen as a threat to Japanese society.<sup about="#mwt32" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-5"}}' id="cite_ref-5" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_5#cite_note-5" id="mwNg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwNw">[5]</span></a></sup>
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