The religious landscape of Japan is a fascinating blend of Shintoism, Buddhism, and other traditions. Across cultures, India ...

Some 7,980 men in loincloths fiercely jostled to touch the "lucky man" during the recently held Konomiya Naked Festival at a Shinto ･･･ ...

Japan’s Supreme Court rendered judgment in January on a suit that was initially brought by 27 Korean plaintiffs in 2013. The ...

"Religion and government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together." — James Madison, letter to ...

In Japanese folklore, the kitsune is a fox spirit that bewitches humans, a servant of the Shinto god Inari, the patron kami ...