Since the Edo period (between 1603 and 1868), pilgrims have come to this region to visit Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine. Ise Jingu is the ancient epicenter of Shinto spirituality. Made up of 125 ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference after paying a visit to Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2025. (Mainichi/Kazuki Yamazaki) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Prime Minister ...

Since the Edo period (between 1603 and 1868), pilgrims have come to this region to visit Japan’s most sacred Shinto shrine. Ise Jingu is the ancient epicenter of Shinto spirituality. Made up of ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba holds a press conference after paying a visit to Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2025. (Mainichi/Kazuki Yamazaki) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Finding time ...

“I am not thinking about a grand coalition at the moment,” Ishiba told a New Year’s news conference here on Jan. 6 following his visit to Ise Jingu shrine. Ishiba, who leads a minority ...

He traveled along a pilgrimage route connecting Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture with about 150 Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines in six prefectures in the Kinki region. He bought along his ...

Ishiba made the comments at a news conference on Monday after paying a visit to Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture, central Japan. Referring to the minority government of his Liberal Democratic ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it.

Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it. Japanese ...

The Japanese portfolio of luxury hotel brand Aman is full of head-turners – from the sleek, sky-brushing minimalism of Aman Tokyo, perched high above the city's electric bustle, to the hushed ...

In a structure with only a roof and pillars, he prays for the happiness of the people and other matters while facing toward Ise Jingu shrine in Ise, Mie Prefecture, and other directions.