We turn now to Japan, a country that has over 77,000 Buddhist temples. For years, they have been a fixture in cultural life there. Yet many are expected to close - 40 percent of them in the next 25 ...

The two objects in this exhibition exemplify the birth of Buddhism in Japan. In 552, the Korean kingdom of Baekje sent the Japanese court sacred texts (sutras) and a gilt bronze sculpture, thought to ...

A person stands in front of a Buddhist image, hands joined in prayer. It is a private moment, and everyone’s thoughts will turn to a different direction. But what do you do next? Ideally, I would hope ...

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 robotics ...

Thich Tam Tri, head monk of the Dai An Pagoda in Japan's Saitama, provided shelter for thousands of Vietnamese during the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and the Covid-19 pandemic. The youngest of nine ...

Gwendolyn Gillson’s interest in Buddhism was a self-described accident. During her time as an undergraduate at Gustavus Adolphus College, she was persuaded to take a Buddhist philosophy course. “I had ...

We explore a massive abandoned Buddhist complex in Japan, once a shortcut pilgrimage site. Discover golden structures, hundreds of statues, and the forgotten relics of a vanished dream. Our journey ...

TOKYO - The Kamiyacho Open Terrace cafe in central Tokyo has all the trappings of a trendy establishment — good coffee, homemade dessert, an airy terrace. But what makes the cafe truly interesting is ...