[Buddha-l] Which Buddhists believe in rebirth?

[Christopher Fynn]

On 16/01/2012, Jamie Hubbard <jhubbard at smith.edu> wrote:
> .... Still, except in some
> sophisticated thinkers, it is quite clear that in contemporary Japan there
> is no functional or operational notion of rebirth-- you die, and your
> spirit hangs out in the spirit world.

If that is the case,  I guess Japanese Buddhists take "rebirth" as spirits.