NAGANO--A man was arrested on suspicion of stealing a sacred statue at the Zenkoji temple here, which has been revered for more than 300 years and earned a three-star recommendation from the ...

Tradition, Temples Meet Trade Posted 2006-08-03T21:25:35+00:00 - Updated 1998-02-08T11:00:00+00:00 For all its involvement in 20th century technology and innovation, Japan still reveres its ...

Like many other workers' movements, the unionising of the Zenkoji temple exploded out of a single instance of perceived management abuse. A 52-year-old monk who belonged to Zenkoji was caught in the ...

A popular wooden statue of Binzuru Sonja, one of Buddha’s disciples, at a temple in Nagano Prefecture was returned Thursday after it was stolen the day before. On Wednesday, police arrested ...