HOFU, Japan >> As entrance exam season approaches, Hofu Tenmangu Shrine in Hofu, Yamaguchi prefecture, is offering ...

I wrote about former judge James Seishiro Burns and how he came to have a Japanese middle name. Burns was a son of Gov. John ...

Hatsumode in Tokyo: 5 Recommended Places to Enjoy Japan's New Year Hatsumode in Kyoto: 9 Recommended Shrines and Temples to Visit Hatsumode in Osaka: 10 Recommended Shrines to Visit Experience the ...

A 3-year-old boy died on Monday, the fourth person to succumb to injuries from a massive explosion of fireworks at a home in Honolulu on New Year’s Eve, police said. The blast also killed three women ...

Lai Ching-te met and exchanged gifts with the president of the East-West Center, which is on the University of Hawaii’s flagship Manoa campus. He spoke to an audience at the center but ...

The new rail system Skyline in Honolulu, which will be operated by a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., will welcome its first passengers aboard on July 1. Skyline, which spans around 30 kilometers ...

Status: In planning and design. According to site plans released by the Church on March 4, the Osaka Japan Temple will be a single-story building of approximately 29,630 square feet. The edifice will ...

who will return to the UH Manoa campus in his previous role specializing in information technology. Hensel takes over the 10-campus system after serving as executive vice chancellor and university ...

Using local cedar and cypress wood (as well as Scottish pine), the architect’s vision combines modern construction methods with the wooden joints traditionally used in Japanese temples and shrines.

Postal workers in a western Japanese city delivered New Year's greeting cards in a neighborhood near a famous temple on Tuesday, one day before crowds jam the area. It is a time-honored tradition ...

The Hawaii Softball Foundation hosted the inaugural Japan 2 Hawaii Softball Clinic this past weekend at the Mauli Ola Sports Complex in Sand Island State Park. The first-of-its-kind event in the ...

The art of Japanese temple carpentry, or Miya-daiku, involves the meticulous crafting of sacred structures such as shrines and temples. They use time-honored techniques that have been passed down ...