Aoyama Dojo at UP Town Center, Katipunan, offers comprehensive programs in Judo, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Karatedo, and Katori Shinto Ryu ...

Opposition groups are pitted against powerful real-estate developer Mitsui Fudosan, the Shinto religious body, and Tokyo Gov.

Shinto, once an unwritten tradition rooted in nature, shrines, and ancestral worship, wasn’t always classified as a “religion.” This video traces how Japan’s native spiritual practice was reshaped ...

Japan’s two major religions, Shinto and Buddhism, appear to coexist peacefully today—but their shared history is anything but simple. This video traces their complex relationship, from early ...

SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the state of society and harvests for the year was held from the night of Jan. 14 to early next morning, coinciding with the ...

Shinto, the indigenous religion, remained central to Japanese culture even after Buddhism arrived in the 6th century. The interaction between these two religions has significantly influenced Japanese ...

Experts suggest that the end of emperor worship and the abolition of State Shinto after WWII created a spiritual vacuum in Japan. The Allied occupation also reshaped Japan’s government, lifting ...

Under the directive, State Shinto — part religion, part patriotic ritual — was to be stripped of public support and of its “ultra-nationalistic and militaristic” trappings. Henceforth the ...