Masatsugu Tanimoto, a farmer and one of the few remaining hidden Christians on Ikitsuki Island, hangs a scroll of the Virgin Mary and Jesus once secretly worshipped at his home in Ikitsuki Island in ...

IKITSUKI, Japan — On this small island in rural Nagasaki, Japan ’s Hidden Christians gather to worship what they call the Closet God. In a special room about the size of a tatami mat is a scroll ...

(UPDATED) Pew survey of more than 10,000 adults in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam examines Christians’ and Buddhists’ beliefs, practices, and affinity to other traditions. The rate ...

With the help of conductor Masaaki Suzuki, Bach’s music is bringing the message of Christian hope to a secular nation. But why would the most abstract works of an 18th-century German composer guide ...

Now that Shogun (review) has debuted, we're resurfacing our chat with the new series' showrunners. Based on James Clavell’s bestselling classic novel, Hulu and FX’s upcoming 10-episode limited series ...

Editor’s update: Pope Francis died on April 21st, aged 88. THE IMPEACHMENT of a former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, revealed many fault lines in South Korean society. One runs through the country’s ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Four centuries after they died for their faith, 188 Japanese Catholic martyrs will be honored by the church next week in a ceremony to recall the bloody persecution that almost ...

IKITSUKI, Japan — On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and believers ...

Yoshitaka Oishi and others chant "Orasho" prayers during their annual performance at the Ikitsuki Island Museum "Shima no Yakata" in Ikitsuki Island in Hirado, southern Japan, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.

IKITSUKI, Japan (AP) — On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries and ...