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 ...

A Pokemon card event for Saturday at Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine was canceled and the Pokemon Company, an affiliate of Japanese game maker Nintendo, apologized following a backlash from ...

TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine, which honors Japan’s war dead, including convicted World War II war criminals, was vandalized again overnight Monday. “It is deplorable that an act seeking to ...

Japan's shrine culture holds secrets that even frequent visitors rarely discover. Behind the serene torii gates and meticulously raked gravel paths lies a tradition so ancient and complex that it ...

Scores gathered at a shrine in Japan’s Hakone to try and catch “lucky beans,” hoping to ward off evil spirits as they ...

The event, advertised through official channels, was criticised in China for being held at a military memorial.