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Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have visited Okinawa to pray for the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary marking ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

After emerging from cloistered isolation in 1865, following more than 200 years of violent harassment by Japan’s insular ...

Popularized in anime like "Death Note" and "Bleach," shinigami are said to be beings that lure the living to their deaths — ...

Animals in mythology often carry deep symbolic meanings and appear as powerful figures across cultures. Snakes are widely ...

Since ancient times, poppies have been used for a variety of purposes and given a variety of symbolic meanings. Red and white ...

How ancient history and modern ... A traditional Japanese bell made of oxidized metal, it has a pendular log that strikes at the atomic symbol engraved on its side as if to banish that evil ...

Urban legends anime has a long history of adapting Japanese urban myths and folktales into shows that fuse horror, mystery, and the supernatural. Many anime series draw from ancient paranormal ...

(These souvenirs from around the world can be symbols of hope in hard times ... experienced hardships,” she says. This ancient Japanese custom is not off limits to tourists.

Snow is usually covering Mount Fuji's iconic peak by this time of year. One of the most iconic active volcanoes in the world is missing a major aspect of its famous view: snow. Mount Fuji, a ...

At its entrance, an ancient stone pathway under a prominent olive tree, a symbol of the Mediterranean region, leads visitors into a garden featuring Mediterranean and Japanese plantings ...