日本慈濟於1991 年在日本設立分會，至今已近20 年，以東京的日本分會為中心，積極推展慈善、醫療、教育、人文等相關志業。證嚴法師2007 年得到「庭野和平獎」之後，更受到日本的
宗教界與宗教學者的關注，尤其是下述的幾個面向：其一，日本慈濟有很多旅日華僑及其他外國勞動者也加入支援，充分呈現慈濟的國際化以及在救濟方面的貢獻；其二，慈濟喚起日本華僑對中華文化的向心力，並且藉由華語教育等傳承中華文化。不過，到目前為止慈濟似乎並未完全融入一般日本人的社會，有學者指出可能是因為慈濟給人很強烈的台灣佛教團體的印象，而且主要
負責推廣的人也絕大多數都是旅日華僑。本文於先行研究的基礎下，著眼於日本慈濟歷史沿革與發展現狀，探討日本宗教界及日本社會對慈濟的印象，並透過日本和台灣不同的宗教觀來分析異
文化地區的慈濟精神展現方式。

Tzu Chi Foundation established its branch in Japan in 1991. For nearly two decades, the Japanese branch centered on the Tokyo branch,and provided charitable, medical, educational, humanistic cultural and
other services. Japanese religious scholars paid more attention to the
foundation after Master Cheng Yen was awarded the Niwano Peace Prize
in 2007, especially in the following aspects: First, many overseas Chinese
and foreign laborers in Japan joined Tzu Chi Japan, and thus represented
its contribution of internationalization and relief. Second, Tzu Chi
recalled the cohesion of Chinese culture among overseas Chinese in
Japan, and passed down Chinese culture via teaching among the Chinese.
However, it seems that Tzu Chi has not totally integrated into Japanese
society so far. Some scholars have said that might be because Tzu Chi
was strongly regarded as a Taiwanese Buddhist group, and those who
were in charge of the branch were overseas Chinese. This article, which is
based on prior research, focuses on the history and current development
of Tzu Chi Japan to discern the areas of Japanese religion and Japanese
society’s views of Tzu Chi, and also analyzes different representations of
Tzu Chi spirit from different areas through different religious concepts of Taiwan and Japan.