What could unlock LDS Church growth in Japan? Two words, says scholar: green tea.
How the political and social views of Japanese Latter-day Saints compare with their U.S. counterparts. The high-ranking business executive didn’t know what to do. A faithful Japanese Latter-day Saint, he had committed to never allowing a drop of green tea — considered, along with black tea and coffee, to be against the faith’s dietary code — to pass his lips. But here he was, seated at a full conference table while the powerful chair of another organization’s board performed a tea ceremony in his honor. https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/04/12/what-could-unlock-lds-church/