Conversion is framed as a betrayal of the nation, and Dalits who convert are labelled as traitors, tools of foreign influence ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday that aims to alter how colleges and universities are accredited ...

In Japan, the simple act of walking has long been connected to working toward enlightenment.

Many of us know that Japan took its Buddhism, its urban design, its flower-viewing rites and several of its art forms from China, often by way of Korea. You feel that influence today everywhere from ...

Utah's Japanese community as well as Japantown redevelopment plans will be the focuses of Nihon Matsuri, the annual Japan ...

A $1 rice ball works out at 78p for us Brits. God bless the exchange rate. People will, however, spend money on sushi, like ...

Monks and worshippers spent the night of April 18 chanting sutras to honor the founder of Chion-in temple in Kyoto’s ...

Traditionally, a Japanese garden has a gate. Boundaries, in general, are very important in a Japanese garden, to symbolize ...

Japan has no laws against same-sex relationships. (Related: Why this Buddhist monk has become an LGBTQ+ role model in Tokyo.) ...

UNESCO's executive board on Thursday added Buddhist scriptures kept at Tokyo's Zojoji Temple to its Memory of the World register, making it the ninth Japanese inscription. The series of some ...

The Children's Day theme for the 62nd sukiyaki dinner in Wapato brings back memories for members of Yakima Valley's Japanese ...