Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it.

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

This marked the young princess’s first official visit to the shrine, dedicated to Shoken (1849-1914) and her husband, Emperor Meiji (1852-1912), the first emperor of modern Japan. Aiko ...

About 3,500 people gathered at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Friday to see sumo yokozuna grand champion Hoshoryu perform his first ring-entering ceremony. He was promoted to the sport's highest rank ...

The number of suicides among school children in Japan reached a record high in 2024, marking the highest figure since ...

The calendar new year is one of the biggest holidays in Japan, with a large number of people visiting shrines across the country to toss coins in exchange for making wishes. For many this year, the ...