A Buddhist temple in Japan with more than 400 years of history has found a way to attract young followers by posting original wise mottos on Instagram. On a daily basis, the temple in Western ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...

Upholding the right to practice religion "freely and safely", Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday called the violence at a Hindu temple near Toronto "unacceptable". Heavy police ...

KIZUGAWA, Kyoto Prefecture--It may not be as well-known as Kyoto but Kizugawa is also home to loads of historical temples and sites ... the center of politics in Japan when Emperor Shomu ...

India on Monday said it "condemns acts of violence perpetrated by extremists and separatists", referring to an incident at a Hindu temple in Brampton, in the Canadian province of Ontario ...

The state government is considering the creation of a task force to safeguard temple lands. A state-level committee and district teams are proposed. With 25,000 acres already encroached ...

The oldest religious site in Tokyo is also its most visited. The Senso-ji Temple sees about 30 million annual visitors and its inception dates all the way back to year 628. Despite its claim to ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Zhao Guojun, 52, the owner of Outsider Bookstore in Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward, who moved to Japan two years earlier. Bookstores and publishing firms operated by and for Chinese residents in Japan are on ...

Japan is a country with very limited space for buildings, as mountains make up about three-quarters of its landmass. The country’s fairly large population is concentrated in major cities.

If an alcohol-free, halal Japanese steakhouse with a Brazilian twist and hints of Peru sounds like a challenging brief, chef Chase Kojima from the newly opened TokyoSamba isn’t letting on.

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