The chapter presents the debate between Japanese and Western philosophers who discussed parallel meanings of śūnyatā and kenosis in the 1980s. Their premises are developed by introducing the religious philosophy of Gianni Vattimo. Central to this chapter are the writings of Masao Abe (1915–2006). I confront the kenosis-śūnyatā theme with Gianni Vattimo’s Christian and kenosis-based philosophy. I analyze śūnyatā’s link with kenosis, a link that many scholars could confirm. The inquiry also clarifies the relationship between unity (or totality) and emptiness. Nishida Kitaro, when facing kenosis, was struck by the paradoxical combination of the personal and the “Godly,” a combination that is dependent on “emptying”: the emptying of the “person” as well as the emptying of God. Nishida understands kenosis as an emptying of God that eventually leads to the unity of the individual with God.