On the occasion of International Women's Day, Airalo, the eSIM marketplace, has identified four destinations - from Japan to ...

Lisa Sanaye Dring’s play at the Public Theater follows a stable of sumo wrestlers; Rajiv Joseph’s drama, presented by ...

F or a show in which the majority of actors spend most of their time wearing only mawashi, Sumo is extremely well dressed. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, Lisa Sanaye Dring’s explor ...

Japanese critics say the video game from French developer Ubisoft distorts history and disrespects sacred sites.

An annual spring Shinto festival has started at a shrine near Lake Biwa in Japan's western prefecture of Shiga.

"Part of the charm is the variance from tank to tank," he says. Like a good whiskey drinker, Izumi has built a library of ...

Rain swept across the winter-gold rice fields of Japan's Kanto plain 100 miles ... and we huddled under umbrellas as a Shinto priest intoned before a shrine laden with offerings: carrots, oranges ...

Among Japan's sake makers ... and we huddled under umbrellas as a Shinto priest intoned before a shrine laden with offerings: carrots, oranges, rice cakes, a whole fish. He was asking for success ...

Japanese Funerals (sogi) follow centuries-old traditions influenced by Buddhism and cultural beliefs about life and death. These solemn ceremonies emphasize deep respect for the deceased and their ...

The Shinto priest was busy preparing for the ceremony and donned his robes to start. As we all took our places in the chairs, we started out standing. The announcer spoke only Japanese and made some ...

In the past, Japanese funerals were deeply rooted in Buddhist and Shinto traditions. They were often held at home or in temples ... Held the night before the funeral, the wake is a gathering of close ...

Gerald Ridsdale has died in a Melbourne prison, with a lawyer who fought for his victim-survivors saying the impact of the pedophile priest’s crimes “cannot be fathomed”. Several sources ...