KYOTO - On a late September day, after the summer heat had subsided, as evening approached and the cicadas stopped buzzing, ...

Last year, Buddhist scholars from 11 countries, including Japan, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Nepal, toured key Buddhist sites in India from October 25 to November 3 and engaged with experts to ...

The blue number 10 jersey was placed for a few seconds on a Buddha statue in the Otagi Nenbutsu-ji temple, in the Japanese ...

Thought-provoking posts on social media by abbot attract big online following, actual visits to Buddhist temple.

Ace Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu is in advanced post-production on 'Asura,' a family drama series for Netflix.

Japan’s fourth largest and most scenic island. Winding through varied landscapes, many of which seem out of a Hiroshige woodblock print, travellers follow in the footsteps of influential ...

UNESCO’s executive board on May 24 approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891 ... of the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and China. They are also important for ...

Mindfulness, or shamatha, is a subdiscipline of meditation. It is, in part, an exercise in nonattachment. Plot twist: ...

HONG KONG, Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- CNN's 'Artisans' meets the dedicated craftspeople who hope to preserve the ...

Acclaimed Japanese director Lisa Takeba is developing 'Children of the River,' a Japan-Italy co-production that explores themes of identity and loss.