Large cod were carried in procession and dedicated to a local Shinto shrine in this northern Japan city Feb. 4 in a unique ...

A sushi-making workshop for local elementary, junior high and high school students was held at Hojozu Hachimangu Shrine in ...

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There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

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

Shimane Prefecture — located in the southwest of Japan’s main island near Hiroshima Prefecture — is an off-the-beaten-path ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

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Assassin's Creed Shadows receives a new wave of backlash after a gameplay clip surfaces, but fans come to the game's defense ...

Assassin's Creed Shadows is under the chopping board right now as it gets based for historical inaccuracies. But the ...

Drums thundered and priests chanted as sumo's newest grand champion strode onto the public stage Friday in a ceremony to mark ...