In Japan, Buddhist temples try to keep faith relevant, solvent. Cafes, concerts, yoga and blogs are among efforts to attract worshippers. By HIROKO TABUCHI, Associated Press Oct 28, 2006.

IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Japan’s oldest Buddhist paintings moved a step forward to their first public display since they were badly damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple here.

Buddhists in Japan learn teachings of Buddha from a humanoid deity. KYOTO, Japan -- Every week, 62-year-old Miyuki Tanaka joins a pious crowd of Buddhists heading to the historic Kodaiji Temple in ...

Monks shunning asceticism is one of the spiritual cartwheels Buddhism has turned to survive a steep decline in Japan. Some of the nation's 75,000 Buddhist temples have opened cafes, run fashion ...

A 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, is using a $1 million humanoid to reach a younger generation, but foreigners are repulsed by it.

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...

Their temples are part of the landscape: there are about 77,000, more than the number of Japan’s ubiquitous convenience stores.Covid-19 has caused further pain for Buddhist organizations already ...

Religious Japanese travelers have stayed in Buddhist temples for years, but now "temple stays" are available to foreign tourists. Skip the hotel and see the country in a way the masses don't.

A 400-year-old Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan, is using a $1 million humanoid to reach a younger generation, but foreigners are repulsed by it. The Kodaji Temple, in a partnership with the robotic… ...

Unlike many Jodo Shinshu Buddhist churches in the United States, where membership is almost exclusively Japanese, the Oregon Buddhist Temple's membership is about 75 percent Japanese and 25 ...

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...