American Kit Cox, 35, works as an electrical engineer and enjoys biking and playing piano. But what some might consider surprising about Cox, who was raised as Methodist, is that she practices the ...

(The Conversation) — A scholar of Japanese religion explains the connections that Japan’s political parties have with several religious groups and how religion is tied in with the legacy of Shinzo Abe ...

For scholars and graduate students, the Shinto tradition has often been an elusive subject of study, and research works have been limited. It’s no wonder that not one publisher outside Japan had a ...

CHICHIBU, Japan — As fireworks light up the winter night, scores of men, women and teenagers crying "washoi, washoi" haul the last of six towering, lantern-covered floats up a small hill and into the ...

(The Christian Science Monitor) Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s deep adoration for the Ise Grand Shrine, the most sacred Shinto site in Japan, is no secret. He visits each January for the New ...

Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in this image from a video, makes a campaign speech in Nara, Japan, shortly before he was shot on July 8. Abe, a divisive arch-conservative and one of his ...

Japan's Shinto religion contributed to the global dialogue at the "Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions" held in Astana, Kazakhstan, the Embassy of Kazakhstan said in a release. The ...

People line up to pay their respects before the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on July 12, 2022, at Zojoji Temple in Tokyo. AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo ...

CHICHIBU, Japan As fireworks light up the winter night, scores of men, women and teenagers crying washoi, washoi haul the last of six towering, lantern-covered floats up a small hill and into the town ...