The vast majority of the world’s Buddhists live in the Asia-Pacific region, and Buddhism is a major part of culture and identity in many Asian societies. To further our understanding of Buddhism in ...

As a scholar of Buddhism in East Asia, I study how people adapt Buddhism to their own cultural contexts.Bodhi Day is a good example of how Buddhists in different parts of Asia developed their own ...

Asia has been hit by over 20 earthquakes above a 2.5 magnitude in the last 24 hours, with four powerful ones in central and southeast Asia, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

They spread first in East Asia to countries such as Vietnam, Korea and Japan. Zen is a popular form of Buddhism in all of these countries, but it was Japanese Zen Buddhism that attained global ...

Buddhism as a Cultural Ambassador Soft power is the power to affect others by influencing culture, values, and ideology ...

Era 4 (300-1000 CE), Standard 3: Major developments in East Asia and Southeast Asia in the era of the Tang dynasty, 600-900 CE. Standard 3A: The student understands China’s sustained political and ...

According to the latest data from the Pew Research Center, Buddhism is the only religion to have fewer believers in 2020 than in 2010, a drop of 18.6 million, largely due to a low birth rate in predom ...

NEW DELHI, (ANI) – Founded in India, Buddhism also found a fertile ground in Southeast Asia, where it took root and flourished for centuries, shaping the region’s socioeconomic, political ...

From China, images of Cloth Bag as the Laughing Buddha traveled in two directions. They spread first in East Asia to countries such as Vietnam, Korea and Japan. Zen is a popular form of Buddhism ...

President Donald Trump’s proposed “reciprocal” tariff plan places some of the highest tariff levels on East Asian countries—many of which depend on U.S. markets to grow their economies.

As a psychologist who studies culture and cognition, I’m intrigued by the following observation: Robots and AI companions are much more popular in Japan and China than they are in the United ...

Nintendo seems to have settled on plans for the Switch 2 launch in SouthEast Asia. Last month, a few days after the Switch 2 Direct, the Nintendo Malaysia website shared this message.. The new ...