Former Japanese economy minister Yasutoshi Nishimura meets the press after offering prayers at war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo during its three-day spring festival on April 23, 2025.

They have begun to bloom in various spots on the Shinto shrine grounds, and are apparently expected to be at their best until around the end of April. Ginryoso is a saprophytic plant in the heath ...

Kashiigu shrine in Fukuoka’s Higashi Ward is a picturesque complex of vermillion and white structures surrounded by lush greenery that lend a feeling of serenity and repose. Last year the shrine ...

When British-born photographer Michael Kenna first visited Japan in 1987, he instantly fell under its spell. “I was blown away by the aesthetics, the spiritual and religious aspects, the ...

Millcreek Township is considering buying the Shrine Club for $3.6 million to operate as a community center. Public open houses on April 29 and 30 will share feasibility study results and gather ...

However, he included some wider shots of the proposal, showing that they got engaged under a Torii gate, which is a traditional Japanese gate found at the entrance of Shinto shrines, placed at the ...

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The video previously circulated in November 2024 after a mob attacked a shrine in Bangladesh. "In West Bengal, 12 villages were evacuated, and 150 acres of Hindu farmland were destroyed.

China has lodged solemn representations with Japan, the embassy said on Tuesday. The Yasukuni Shrine is a spiritual symbol and tool of Japanese militarism's war of aggression, enshrining 14 Class ...

China has lodged a protest after Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent a ritual offering to the controversial war-linked Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo and dozens of lawmakers visited it ...