Note: Kobo Daishi is the posthumous name of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835).

NAGAOKAKYO, Kyoto Prefecture--An 11-face Kannon Buddhist statue kept at Otokunidera temple here that stands ... is only the third known example in Japan of an ancient wooden deity having been ...

One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple ...

Omachi City in Nagano Prefecture reported damage from the magnitude 5 earthquake that hit the northern part of the ...

24, 2025, during a ceremony to send back a Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva to the Japanese temple. In 2023, South Korea's Supreme Court ordered Buseok Temple in Seosan ...

A South Korean high court on Feb. 1 ruled that a centuries-old Buddhist statue belongs to the Japanese temple that it was stolen from about 10 years ago and should be returned, overturning a lower ...

A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure ...

Nara, Japan's capital back in the 8th century, is home to many temples with Buddhist statues believed to ward off calamity, and grant prosperity and good health. Join us in taking a tour of some.