Straddling Saijo and Kumakogen in Ehime Prefecture, Mt. Ishizuchi is the highest mountain in western Japan, standing at 1,982 ...

From the quiet groves of Lumbini to the grand temples of Kyoto, the journey of the Buddha still echoes across Asia. More than ...

I was bewildered that The Tale of Genji had such a hold on me at this particular moment: It is a wild, confounding work that ...

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TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan marked the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat on Friday, with at least one cabinet minister joining thousands of visitors at a shrine that Japan's Asian neighbours ...

Japan minister visits controversial shrine to mark World War II anniversary Japan marks 80 years since Emperor Hirohito announced his country’s surrender to Allied forces.

William Hovseth is not up in the air about the worst part of a trip he recently took: it was a flight — well, four connecting ...

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In Japan, bobtail cats are considered good luck, and Nagasaki is the place to find them. They are known as “omagari neko ...