and for world peace, among other things. When I go to temples, whether Buddhist or Shinto, I ask a lot. I want the best.” Teen tourist carves name into 1,200-year-old Japanese temple Her friend ...

NABARI, Mie -- Amid unending conflicts such as Israeli-Palestinian strife and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an American student of peace studies visited a temple in this west Japan city that holds ...

Busy, sprawling and noisy cities are often the first things that greet visitors upon arrival in Japan. Landing in Osaka ... in a tea ceremony at a quiet temple, drinking bitter matcha from ...

The government’s move comes after a months-long probe into the church, formally known in Japan as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification ... and Myokaku-ji Temple, whose priests ...

A Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago is returned from South Korea - A Korean Buddhist statue from the 14th century that was stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ...

A Canadian teenager is accused of defacing the 1,200-year-old Toshodaiji Kondo temple in Japan. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. If found guilty he faces up to five years in prison.

One of the two nuclear-bombed cities of Japan during World War II, Hiroshima, also, the locus of world peace and the Japanese ... known as the "temple island," along with its torii gate.

US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will sit out ... “He will attend a peace ceremony at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo in addition to holding a moment of silence at the embassy,” the spokesperson ...