SWAT: Junsei Terasawa, a prominent Buddhist monk from Japan, on Sunday emphasised the profound historical and cultural connections between the ancient region of Gandhara and Japan, particularly in ...

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious ...

NYUZEN, Toyama Prefecture--Buddhist priest Yoshiyuki Kondo is offering ... and sometimes displayed on bikers’ jackets in Japan. Many mistakenly believe it stresses an individual’s ...

There will be a screening of Carving the Divine this evening. The documentary offers a close look at a 1,400-year-old tradition of Japanese Buddhist sculpture and the master-apprentice relationship ...

A weekly ranking of the most popular songs in Japan combining physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, YouTube and GYAO! video views and karaoke data, compiled by Billboard Japan.

With 70 days to go until the opening of the Osaka-Kansai Expo, some parts of the Japan Pavilion were unveiled to the me... Rescue efforts for a driver continued after a truck fell into a 10-meter-deep ...