Kurosawa Kiyoshi talks his Cannes-premiering jidaigeki 'The Samurai and the Prisoner' on cowardly heroes and the cost of ...

Buddhist priests and paraders wind their way through the rose gardens of Ryosenji Temple in Nara City for the annual ...

Every summer, Buddhist temples across Hawaiʻi host Obon celebrations, which are open to all and feature traditional dances, ...

The month of May, the month of Vesak, a spiritual celebration for Buddhists around the world, has been officially designated ...

SEOUL—A South Korean temple has reiterated its agreement to return a stolen Buddhist statue to its rightful owner, a Japanese ...

Japanese cuisine is well-known for its famous meat dishes today, so it might be hard to believe that meat-eating was banned ...

Fujiyoshida is at centre of Japan’s fight against badly behaved tourists. Foreign visitors, spurred by a weak yen, are ...

Routes pictured are based on maps from the map collection at Cornell University Library (with special thanks to Nij ...

A Sinicized form of the religion has been preserved on the island, where daily life itself now sometimes seems like an ...

Sakura Foundation board president Joni Sakaguchi and member Charles Ozaki hope a loan from the city will help preserve Sakura Square, the final pillar of Denver’s Japantown. Photo: Carly Rose, Rocky ...

On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God.

The proverb emphasizes that ignorance can bring peace, suggesting that unawareness often leads to serenity. In a world ...