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Swordsmiths in central Japan have performed a New Year ritual to pray for safety and success this year. The Seki Traditional ...

The Sukiden, center, one of two main halls is seen at ritual venue called Daijokyu at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. Japan’s Emperor Naruhito will perform his first harvest ...

From hatsumōde to victory charms, many athletes have rituals that are rooted in the spiritual side of Japanese sport.

The plant filled space surrounding a Japanese teahouse, acts as a buffer zone. Filtering out everyday reality and readying ...

Shinto priests offer rice and sake during a ground-breaking ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo Friday, July 26, 2019. The ceremony was held in the compound of the palace to pray for safe and ...

Japan's new Emperor Naruhito will formally proclaim his ascension to the throne next week in a ritual-bound ceremony, but the after-effects of deadly typhoon will cast a shadow over proceedings.

TOKYO (Reuters) - In the chill pre-dawn hours of Friday, Japan's Emperor Naruhito emerged from a shrine compound where he had spent a symbolic night with the sun goddess from whom conservatives ...

According to a report by South China Morning Post, the ceremony took place in December at Myohoji Temple in Hyogo prefecture ...

Shinto priests pray for safe and successful construction of a pair of shrines for the new emperor's key succession rituals later this year. TOKYO — Japan held a groundbreaking ceremony Friday at the ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication at a palace ceremony Tuesday in his final address, as the nation embraced the end of his reign with reminiscence and hope for a new era. ...