This time, I will explain a question I am often asked... "How is Shinto different from other religions?" I will explain this in an easy-to-understand way, incorporating my experience as a Shinto ...

These texts set out the traditional story of the foundation of Japan and its people, and demonstrate the very close relationship between the gods and the people of Japan. The stories also demonstrate ...

A bride in a white kimono at a shrine. You have likely seen this in celebrity weddings or movies, haven't you? It is something every Japanese person dreams of. Since a "Japanese-style wedding" ...

Shoko Kawata is the first mayor to take maternity leave in Japan’s history. Her decision has prompted debate about gender ...

Paris will be the setting next weekend for one of Japan’s oldest martial art forms, sumo wrestling, but an unheralded star of ...

Paris will be the setting next weekend for one of Japan’s oldest martial art forms, sumo wrestling, but an unheralded star of the major two-day tournament will be 100 percent French: the 200 kilograms ...

If people eat with their eyes first, you want to give them something truly delicious to see. So consider embracing Japan's ...

Paris will be the setting next weekend for one of Japan's oldest martial art forms, sumo wrestling, but an unheralded star of the major two-day tournament will be 100 percent French: the 200 ...

Record of Ragnarok is all about a tournament held to determine the fate of mankind. The gods wanted to exterminate humans from existence, but the Valkyries wanted to save humanity, and that was why ...

The picture is cropped. A Japanese man standing to one side has been cut away. That man is Kotsuji, and the book is the long ...

Where do the Japanese right wing’s views on history—such as claims of sovereignty over Dokdo, denial of the coercive nature ...