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As the World’s Fair opens in Osaka, Japan, the event’s architect tells CNN that Expo 2025 is about unity — and the ...

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Mount Fuji is the highest peak and the most famous symbol of Japan, is surrounded by spectacular scenery and fascinating ...

My Japanese aunt turned 100 years old this year, and for as long as I can remember, she’s always been a graceful and elegant ...

In the years since, though, the Nagasaki Prefecture Shinto shrine which served as a model for one of the locations in the "Ghost of Tsushima" video game has been dealing with unwanted visitors of a ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. A Shinto shrine that's believed to have influenced a similar location in Ghost of Tsushima has reportedly banned tourists after an undisclosed ...

Japan’s Prime Minister condemns Assassin’s Creed Shadows for its portrayal of a real-life Shinto shrine, calling it cultural disrespect ... including a story tree where Yasuke has an affair with Lady ...

Towards the end I started to daydream about how the film could be spun off into a weekly reality show, letting us get gradually more familiar with the individual cats as well as their visitors. The ...

Specifically, the Watazumi Shrine located on Japan’s Tsushima Island will only allow access to those using the Shinto shrine for worship. Tourists banned after “unforgivable act of disrespect ...