All Japan Young Buddhist Association

The All Japan Young Buddhist Association (JYBA; Japanese: 全日本仏教青年会 Zen Nippon Bukkyō Seinen Kai) is a Japanese youth organization which unites various traditional Buddhist sects (dentō bukkyō) across 20,000 temples throughout the country.

[1] Among its main activities is the attendance of traditional festivals, international exchange, and disaster relief.

[2] Founded in 1977, the organisation sought to cross denominational and geographical boundaries and unites a number of different sects and works throughout the country.

In addition, it is also affiliated with the prefectural Buddhist youth associations of Saitama, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Kobe.

Many of their meetings in recent decades have focused on issues such as the state of Buddhism in the country, the phenomenon of "funeral Buddhism" (sōshiki bukkyō, a term used to describe the modern tendency to only seek out Buddhist priests for funerals), the extent to which priests should be more involved in the socio-political arena, and ways in which young priests can integrate Buddhist teachings into their daily lives.