Nearly eight decades after Japan’s defeat in World War Two, Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine remains a potent ... saying he went to pray for the souls of the war dead and “renew the pledge that ...

Kirishima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, is often referred to as the birthplace of Japan, as it’s said to be the place where the ...

Owners of Aibo, Sony's robotic dog pets, attend a ritual for their health, called Shichi-Go-San, which is usually held for ...

Japan's Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested a 65-year-old American man on suspicion of property damage. Security footage at the Meiji Jingu Shrine led authorities to this tourist's hotel room to ...

TOKYO — An American tourist has been arrested in Japan and accused of carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in Tokyo. Steve Lee Hayes, 65, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...