A Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva ... it back to Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Nagasaki. In 2023, South Korea's Supreme Court ...

Born in India 25 centuries ago, Buddhism changed greatly as it made its way through China and to Japan, where it arrived in the sixth century CE. Today’s Japanese Buddhism is vastly different ...

Many have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine with cultural, ...

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization, that includes famed musician Herbie Hancock and other celebrities in its fold, has died at 95, the Japanese religious ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes particular reference to the centrality of women within Shinto beliefs. Not only are women able to take practical ...