religion

An Unholy Alliance: How the Unification Church Penetrated Japan’s Ruling Liberal Democratic PartyINSIGHT | Mar 3, 2023

Early State Buddhism in JapanINSIGHT | Feb 6, 2023

Time to Sever Political Ties with the Unification Church INSIGHT | Jan 23, 2023

Niō: The Guardians at the Temple GatesCULTURE | Jan 18, 2023

Voices from the Other Side: Aomori’s Traditional “Itako” MediumsINSIGHT | Jan 17, 2023

The Beginnings of Mahayana BuddhismCULTURE | Dec 20, 2022

Buddhism at the Beginning: The Life of the Enlightened OneCULTURE | Nov 11, 2022

The Unification Church and Its Japanese Victims: The Need for “Religious Literacy”INSIGHT | Oct 28, 2022

The World’s Largest Wooden Virgin Mary Statue Continues Taking ShapeNEWS | Oct 5, 2022

Buddhism for the Modern Age: Messages from Nichiren on His 800th Birthday INSIGHT | Aug 8, 2022

Monk, Makeup Artist, and LGBTQ+ Activist Nishimura Kōdō Talks About Sexuality and Buddhism in LondonINSIGHT | Apr 20, 2022

“Sokushinbutsu”: Japan’s Buddhist MummiesCULTURE | Jan 26, 2022

Meiji Painter Yamashita Rin and Her Journey of Faith and ArtINSIGHT | Oct 20, 2021

Nomachi Kazuyoshi: A Photographic Pilgrimage in Search of the “Shapes of Prayer”CULTURE | Sep 7, 2021

The Bathhouse of the Gods: “Spirited Away” and Japan’s Religious TraditionsCULTURE | Jul 19, 2021

The Translation of Zen: A Tribute to D. T. Suzuki CULTURE | Nov 11, 2020

A Fuji for Every Part of JapanCULTURE | Oct 20, 2020

A Little Faith: Christianity and the JapaneseINSIGHT | Nov 22, 2019