Explore the rise of cults in Japan, their history, beliefs, controversies and influence on society, politics and religion.

Pilgrimages have been part of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo is legendary among ...

Born in India 25 centuries ago, Buddhism changed greatly as it made its way through China and to Japan, where it arrived in the sixth century CE. Today’s Japanese Buddhism is vastly different ...

Post the Industrial Revolution in the 18th century, there was a progressive demand in the United Kingdom and Europe for ...

A 62-year-old retiree from Suita, Osaka Prefecture, found a couple of surprises on his journey to express gratitude for the ...

The Sakuranesia Foundation, an Indonesia-based organization focused on education and culture, recently organized a historic ...

Daisaku Ikeda, a former leader of Japan's influential Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, has died at the age of 95. Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links ...

There are more than 20,000 large and small Buddhist and Christian stone markers and unmarked graves of war dead, as well as a giant statue of Kannon, the goddess of mercy in Japanese Buddhism ...