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

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 ...

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 ...

The beards — and often the very long hair — of Orthodox priests and other holy men are some of their most striking attributes, marking them as different from other Western religious men. Credit: Greek ...