Ubisoft faces backlash in Japan over Assassin’s Creed Shadows due to historical inaccuracies and disrespectful portrayals of ...

Shinto is the native religious tradition of Japan. I think it's easy to see visual signs of it throughout Japan, from the shrines (jinja) to the gates (torii). But what I was interested in finding ...

Baldwin Beach Park and much of the surrounding land used to be owned by Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, or HC&S, ...

Tatsuya Shindo was once a member of the yakuza, a Japanese organized crime gang. His arm-length tattoos are a sure sign of ...

On the occasion of International Women's Day, Airalo, the eSIM marketplace, has identified four destinations - from Japan to ...

For the king, the aim was to make “submission not just tolerable but actually desirable.” That enabled Mesopotamian rule to ...

Across the world, there are sacred sites with profound spiritual, cultural, or historical importance, often restricted due to religious rules ... a sacred Shinto site, is rebuilt every 20 years ...

Learn etiquette for Japanese funerals, including proper attire, behavior and how to offer condolences with condolence money ...

Since then, the government has been monitoring religious groups deemed extremist, and the population has become more skeptical of new religions. Although Japan is religiously free, there is a social ...

The Buddhist Seiganto-ji temple and Shinto Kumano Nachi Taisha Grand Shrine ... We delve into another facet of Japan’s complex religious past in the Goto Islands, home to the “hidden ...

With its layered social commentaries and religious themes ... Drawing from Japanese urban legends and Shinto folktales, this horror anthology series replicates the eerie experience of gathering ...