According to Cultural Affairs Agency statistics for 2022, the number of Japanese with links to Shinto, Buddhism, Christianity or other religions totaled 180 million, which exceeds Japan’s ...

MARTIN: Because we should point out, Japanese people - as a whole, it is not a Buddhist country. I mean, there are Shinto shrines everywhere.

This image, provided by the Korea Heritage Service, shows Gwanwoldang in Kotoku-in, a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan, before it was disassembled. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) SEOUL, June 24 ...

TOKYO -- Noboru Shimura, 80, sat at a shaded table on the vast grounds of the Shinto shrine honoring Japan's war dead, waiting for the others in his World War II regiment to straggle in.

MARTIN: Because we should point out, Japanese people - as a whole, it is not a Buddhist country. I mean, there are Shinto shrines everywhere.

Jinja (shrines) are everywhere in Japan—more than 100,000! They’re not hard to spot. The entryway to a shrine is marked by a large torii (gate). This is in contrast to Buddhist temples that do not ...

The Kumano Kodo comprises five main pilgrimage routes. The Nakahechi route commences from Tanabe then crosses over east towards the shrines. The most loved route by pilgrims from western Japan, it ...

Tokyo, one of the most populous cities in the world, has mastered the art of compression. During rush hour, white-gloved ...

REUTERS/Yuya Shino [1/8]A woman speaks to Shokyo Miura, a Buddhist monk and one of the on-site priests, after tracing Buddhist sutras at Tera Cafe in Tokyo, Japan, April 1, 2016.