SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...

Japan will designate Buddhist Manpuku-ji Temple in Kyoto as a national treasure, and six other structures as important cultural properties. A meeting at the Agency for Cultural Affairs reached the ...

A Buddhist temple in Japan with more than 400 years of history has found a way to attract young followers by posting original wise mottos on Instagram. On a daily basis, the temple in Western ...

Introducing himself as the last ninja, he held demonstrations throughout Japan and researched ninja arts. Going over footage of Fujita, we discuss the principles he taught. The second is Kawakami ...

The video shows Japanese and non-Japanese teams competing to hurl “shuriken” stars, crawl across a rope and perform other tasks as part of their ninja training. In between the challenges ...