Shinto affected Buddhism in Japan. [1]
Ganid's abstract of Shinto reveals a belief system influenced by ancient Melchizedek teachings and a divine power that seeks to reveal itself through nature and righteous men. [2] Shinto, a revered proto-Taoism in Japan, influences religio-philosophic thought in the lands of the yellow and brown races. [3]
The worship of the state in the imperial family, found in Shinto, is considered a reversion to the early Roman emperor worship and ancestor veneration in various radical and nationalistic secularisms globally. [4]