KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) – A religion with origins in Japan is quickly amassing a following in Uganda, winning converts in a sleek campaign that has attracted the attention of Christian clerics offended ...

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 ...

The Japanese last week sold to U.S. Protestantism the idea that their new united Japan Christian Church is much better than it has been painted by journalists and missionaries recalled or ...

Each generation, Ise Jingu, Japan's most revered Shinto shrine, is knocked down and rebuilt from scratch, a massive, $390 ...

People line up to pay their respects before the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on July 12, 2022, at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

(Sightings) — The recent anime film both draws inspiration from Japanese religions and functions as a source of inspiration for religious practices. Although not nearly as familiar on these shores as ...

President Biden should raise the issue of the state of freedom of religion in Japan when he meets with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during his visit to the U.S. this week, several religious liberty ...

I think this comment in the message boards needs to be highlighted: I think it's important to know that functionally, stated atheism in Japan is quite different than stated atheism in the west. In ...

Men and women were torn apart by oxen, broken on cart wheels, cut in pieces by hand saws, steamed to death in hot springs. Rich and poor, city folk and farmers—at least 40,000 of the Japanese ...

What I will describe is a scandal of potentially huge proportions, which the Japanese media is failing to cover, and the news is mostly spreading via Twitter. Police in the port city of Kobe recently ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of Japanese religion explains the connections that Japan’s political parties have with several religious groups and how religion is tied in with the legacy of Shinzo Abe ...