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.

TOKYO, Jan 29 (Bernama-Sputnik/RIA Novosti) -- The number of suicides among school children in Japan reached a record high in 2024, marking the highest figure since record-keeping began in 1980, Chief ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Japanese island of Hashima was closed in 1974 and fell into disrepair, but since the 2000s, it has been reborn as a ...

Mitsui Fudosan Co., along with Meiji Jingu shrine, the Japan Sport Council and Itochu Corp., submitted the revised plan to the Tokyo metropolitan government and released it on Sept. 9.

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 ...