American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the ...

People are stealing copper roof plates from Japan’s Shinto shrines as value of metal soars - Even remote sacred sites being hit repeatedly, forcing them to replace traditional copper with cheaper mate ...

ISE, Japan (AP) — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so ...