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 ...

SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida Zeinab shrine, rituals of faith unfold: worshippers kneel in prayer, visitors raise their palms skyward or fervently murmur invocations as they press their ...

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

SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday slammed Japanese politicians for recently visiting a controversial war shrine and sending ritual offerings to the Yasukuni Shrine, which symbolizes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SAYYIDA ZEINAB, Syria (AP) — At the Sayyida ...