Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.
The two objects in this exhibition exemplify the birth of Buddhism in Japan. In 552, the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent the Japanese court sacred texts (sutras) and a gilt bronze sculpture, thought to ...
Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...
The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.