Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

The family filed a lawsuit in 2013, claiming that the provision of names violated the separation of religion and state under Japan's Constitution. In its ruling, the Supreme Court's petty bench ...

It is here that Japan’s wellness trend took off roughly 3000 years ago with revered hot springs featured in ancient texts Kojiki – some parts considered sacred texts of the Shinto religion ...

To be a bit more precise, I’m in Ise Shrine, the most sacred site in Japan: the Mecca, Rome and Canterbury of its national animist religion, Shinto. The Japanese imperial family are believed to ...

Large shares in many middle-income countries say following the historically predominant religion is key to "true" national ...

SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the state of society and harvests for the year was held from the night of Jan. 14 to early next morning, coinciding with the ...

Mostly half-naked men with just white loincloth around their hips and several women in white robes joined the annual cold endurance ritual at the Kanda Myojin, a Shinto shrine in downtown Tokyo. About ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...