A U.S. Army colonel’s great-grandson returned a “good luck” flag Wednesday to the family of a Japanese soldier who carried it ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding out ...

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Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together." — James Madison, letter to ...

Shinto is often described as Japan’s indigenous religion—but can it expand beyond Japan? While traditionally tied to Japanese culture, shrines, and national identity, modern practitioners argue that ...

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Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...

It’s a valid point, but I would make the same choices again to stand near the top of Denali, to sit on the flat rocks of a Japanese Shinto shrine while overlooking the hills of Kiska ...

“Inside that building is a rock,” says Tadaharu. “It is also a deity.” In the Japanese Shinto religion, parts of nature – the ocean, trees, rocks, rivers, mountains, animals, and ...

8 killed, 54 injured in accidents during snow removal work in Japan since Feb. 4 ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A shrine parishioner throws icy cold water on himself during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda ...