Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spiritual tradition, but unlike most religions, it has no single founder, sacred text, or strict doctrines. Instead, it revolves around the veneration of Kami ...

A Shinto priest explains the ancient Japanese religion – and the crucial, often forgotten role women played in keeping it alive after World War II. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes to send a ...

State Shinto was effectively the state religion, and government agencies such as the Army Ministry determined the criteria and specific targets for collective enshrinement. However, the post-war ...

It’s closely linked to the country’s imperial family: Around 1870, Japan made Shinto the state religion and used imperial worship to fan ultra-nationalism and support for World War II ...