Last year, Japan started collecting entry fees of ¥2,000 (£10) per head from people climbing the famous volcano to limit the ...

In two experiments, East Asians had more positive views of human-chatbot interactions than European Americans did. Might this tendency stem from Eastern religious traditions?

In the retrospective of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama at the NGV, we can see an aesthetic corpus grappling with the ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s ...

First on any Sapporo itinerary is Odori Park, a sprawling park smack dab in the heart of the city. This outdoor attraction ...

A hand ablution basin for use at a Shinto shrine lay nearby. Many wartime Japanese military sites in the Northern Territories are located in areas where foreigners are strictly restricted from ...

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Recently, many scholars around the world are noticing how the trend of Christianity is ... Calling it a pessimistic view, Philip Jenkins, professor of history and religious studies at Pennsylvania ...

In a nation as culturally rich as Japan, it can be hard to know how to spend your time there. Here are ten of our favorite ...