This article looks at Shinto ethics. Note: Because Shinto coexists with Buddhism and Confucianism and their ethical values, it's hard, and not very useful, to isolate the distinctly Shinto elements in ...

Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spirituality—centered on nature, ritual, and reverence for unseen forces called kami. It’s not a religion of belief, but of connection to place, tradition, and harmony.

Hayao Miyazaki’s films are filled with nature spirits, supernatural beings, and themes of environmental harmony, leading many to believe they are deeply influenced by Shinto, Japan’s indigenous ...

Times have changed since the late 1800s, when the Japanese emperor wielded supreme power as head of the country’s Shinto religion – whipping up fierce nationalism and resistance to Western colonial ...

The festival is a rare combination of Buddhist and Shinto traditions, as a shrine and temple jointly run it. The festivities center around the 18 four-meter-tall floats known as Hikiyama. Each float ...

In the second of a two-part series, this programme look at the links between Shinto, Japan's military past and the so-called 'new-right transformation of Japan'. On August 15, Japan will commemorate ...

TOKYO -- Gen. Douglas MacArthur tonight ordered the Japanese government to withdraw its sponsorship and financial support from state Shintoism which embraces the belief that the emperor is a god ...