TOKYO - The leadership contest of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has brought the contentious issue of visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine into the spotlight, with diplomatic ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Shinto priests march into the main palace of ...

ISE, Japan (AP) — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so ...

ISE, Japan (AP) — Every two decades for the last 1,300 years, Ise Jingu, Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, has been knocked down and rebuilt from scratch. The massive, $390 million demolition and ...

Japan commemorated the 80th anniversary of its World War Two defeat amid controversy surrounding visits to the Yasukuni Shrine, seen as symbolizing wartime aggression by some Asian neighbors. The ...

ABOARD THE PS MIZUKI, Okinawa — China and Japan remain locked in a game of cat-and-mouse near the Senkaku Islands, with China this year setting another record for the number of consecutive days its ...

CAT ISLAND| Construction of the Cat Island International Airport is now in full motion marking the most significant investment in Family Island infrastructure in over 30 years. This isn’t just about ...

Dozens of residents have evacuated remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by nearly 1,600 quakes in recent weeks, the local mayor said Monday.

A remote island in Japan was jolted by more than 900 earthquakes in the span of one week, according to the weather agency, raising fear and panic among the residents. The Japan Meteorological Agency ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on Wednesday. By Francesca Regalado A sparsely populated string of islands in ...