The writer was hosted. After staying at The Coral at Atlantis, Paradise Island for the first time, it’s safe to say that I’m ...

SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village, hardly looks like prized real estate. Yet the monk ...

In 1941, when the Japanese government was salvaging metal from wherever it could for the looming Pacific War, the nation’s largest Buddhist group readily handed over its temple bells for the ...

Every day, hundreds of people visit Ryoanji Temple to see its Zen rock garden – which is probably the most famous of its kind in Japan. Located in Kyoto's northern outskirts, the temple was ...

Situated on Otowa Mountain in eastern Kyoto, Kiyomizu-dera Temple wows travelers with its stunning natural scenery, which visitors say is best viewed from the verandah off the temple's main building.

a South Korean temple that had claimed ownership of the statue, where a service will be held before its planned return to Japan in May. The statue, Kanzeon Bosatsu Zazo (seated Bodhisattva statue), is ...

The race is on to discover the table’s next row of elements, starting with elements 119 and 120. Japan hopes to produce element 119 one atom at a time using its powerful, custom-built facility ...

Part of the Isseki Sancho group, the restaurant and its sister sushi and kaiseki (Japanese haute cuisine) establishments have adopted tatami coasters for smartphones to improve the dining ...

On the orders of Emperor Shomu, who wished for the happiness of everyone, the temple was built through the cooperation of 2.6 million people, around half of Japan's population at the time. People ...

Looking for new ways to get students reading and responding to nonfiction? Try these exercises for discussion, writing and speaking. By Peggy Dimock Lead poisoning can cause lower I.Q.s ...

Examining what it means to make money by selling the bereaved on an illusion, the film feels like something of a warning. By Alissa Wilkinson Mel Gibson directs an uneven action film with Mark ...

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