Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday reiterated that Japan wants dialogue with China as bilateral relations remain ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Monday reportedly visited Ise Jingu shrine in Mie Prefecture, an act that quickly ...

If you enjoy sushi and world class sashimi, the Ise-Shima region of Japan (located in the Shima Peninsula, with its strong maritime tradition) is a seafood lover’s heaven. West of futuristic Tokyo and ...

ISE, Japan – The latest news on the Group of Seven summit in Japan, where the leaders of the seven advanced economies are meeting for two days (all times local): 11 a.m. The leaders of the G-7 nations ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...

British explorer and writer Isabella Bird arrived in Japan in 1878, just 10 years after start of the Meiji Era. "Unbeaten ...

Ise Grand Shrine (called Ise-jingu or often just Jingu in Japanese) is Japan’s most important Shinto shrine. It’s the main location of worship for the top deity in the Japanese pantheon, the sun ...

ISE, Japan (AP) — Every two decades for the last 1,300 years, Ise Jingu, Japan’s most revered Shinto shrine, has been knocked down and rebuilt from scratch. The massive, $390 million demolition and ...

Ise "onshi" were the Edo-period equivalent of travel agents, journeying around Japan to hand out religious charms, sharing stories and access information to encourage peasants to make the difficult ...

Ise, Japan, May 26 (EFE).Ise, Japan, May 26 (EFE). — G7 leaders visited Thursday the Shinto shrine of Ise, believed to be one of the most sacred sites in Japan, in a welcome ceremony before opening ...