In Japan, it’s customary to start off the new year be going to a Shinto shrine to pray for good fortune in the new year. While many are thought to convey a vague blessing of overall prosperity, some ...

Thousands of company and government employees visited Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo on Monday to pray for a prosperous year. Kanda Myojin, known as the shrine of commerce and industry, draws workers on ...

A bluefin tuna fetched a record price of over 3 million dollars in the first auction of the New Year at Tokyo's Toyosu ...

Fire-walking festival, called hiwatari matsuri in Japanese, at Mt.Takao in Tokyo TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese worshippers prayed for the safety of themselves and their families on Sunday by walking ...

Please stop praying for Japan – they’re not Christian. They’re predominantly Shinto (a religion much like the Jedi from Star Wars, but without the years upon years of knuckle crippling virginity). Now ...

Mikami Shrine, currently going viral on Instagram, is Japan's only shrine dedicated entirely to hair. Yes, hair ...

Hair loss and hair fall are common problems. It’s more dreadful for those who experience persistent and excessive issues. Now ...

It's hard not to be moved by the words of love, gratitude and resilience spoken by earthquake/tsunami survivors and volunteers in "Pray for Japan." It’s hard not to be moved by the words of love, ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol prayed together Sunday at a memorial for Korean victims of the 1945 atomic bombing in Hiroshima ...

Men and women working in one of Japan’s hundreds of businesses gathered to pray for prosperity for their companies and the country’s economy at the Kanda Myojin Shrine in Tokyo, Japan on Jan. 4, 2019.