The new year brings a fresh start, symbolized in some cultures by the cherubic baby New Year who replaces the old year that has come to a close. In Japan, the roly-poly god Hotei, who is often ...

Visitors performing ablutions during a pilgrimage to the Kiyoshikojin Seicho-ji temple complex on a wooded mountain just north of Osaka, Japan. About 3.5 million people visit the complex annually, ...

I am a Tokyo-based businessman who was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan where my parents traveled after World War II as missionaries. In addition to my home in the Tokyo, I have a summer home in the ...

"In Japan I am a kind of a god," Delon told Figaro Magazine in 1986 on one of his many visits to Japan, when women fainted and crowds chased his limousine. "People get real pleasure from touching me, ...

Capcom's Japanese parent sure knows how to pick 'em! Following success with the Japanese release of Grand Theft Auto and Vice City (San Andreas has yet to see release), the company has announced plans ...

In the 1960s, a Japanese comedian walked onstage and said “Okyaku-sama wa Kami-sama desu” お客様は神様です (customers are God). The comment stuck and has since been used as a signature phrase in many ...

God of War is one of Sony’s flagship franchises. The upcoming PS3 exclusive is one of the most anticipated titles of 2010, and has Kratos exacting his revenge on Mount Olympus. However, recent news ...

Filming has begun on multinational, multi-lingual TV series “Drops of God,” which is adapted from the best-selling Japanese manga series “Kami, no Shizuku.” Set in the worlds of wine and gastronomy, ...

French movie star Alain Delon, who died Sunday aged 88, said that in Japan he was like a deity. It wasn't an exaggeration, local fans told AFP on Monday. "In Japan I am a kind of a god," Delon told ...