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From Assassinations To Apparitions: What's Behind The Haunted Stories Of Japan PM’s Residence
Before work on renovations ended, it is said that an exorcism was performed by a Shinto priest who cleansed the mansion of lingering spirits. The longest-serving prime minister of Japan ...
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In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
Japan’s Indigenous religion of Shinto is largely rooted in animism ... surfaced in the investigations of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination last year, adding to the public ...
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Shinto religion
A Shinto priest explains the ancient Japanese religion – and the crucial, often forgotten role women played in keeping it alive after World War II. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes to send a ...