Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam are five of the biggest religions in the world. Over the last few thousand years, these religious groups have shaped the course of history and ...

TACOMA, Washington, March 18. -- Some of the leaders of religious thought in Japan are endeavoring to choose between Buddhism, Shintoism, and Christianity as the future religion of the empire.

Tokyo’s Chiyoda Ward has reproduced a rare map from 1947 that shows how the postwar U.S. occupation of Japan had dominated and sprawled across the places locals walk past every day. It proved to ...

Dr Amanda Foreman discusses how Shinto merged with Buddhism in Japan and makes particular reference to the centrality of women within Shinto beliefs. Not only are women able to take practical ...

SHIMANE—A Japanese academic has discovered a map published in the United States in 1897 that marks Takeshima, a group of islets claimed by both Japan and South Korea, as Japanese territory.