Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for “death” was found graffitied on two ...

An American tourist was arrested for vandalism at a historic shrine in Tokyo a day after arriving in the country on vacation ...

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The statue was discovered inside Korasha, a shrine affiliated ... a professor of Japanese sculpture history at Kansai University. “The color painting on the statue might have been removed ...

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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police are searching for the suspects who spray-painted the word “toilet” on a Tokyo shrine that commemorates ... pillar and using spray paint to write “toilet ...

Hi! Bunta Shimmori is my name. I’m a student journalist for the Observer, and I come from Japan. Japanese culture is now spreading via anime, social media and anywhere. If you hear “Japan,” what do ...

A miyadaiku, or temple carpenter, is responsible for maintaining Japan's temples and shrines, while also renowned for ...

The British Museum (BM) has boosted its Chinese art holdings after receiving a private collection of 1,700 ceramic items from ...

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