In the ruling on Oct. 26, the supreme court affirmed a high court decision that the centuries-old sculpture belongs to Japan’s Kannonji temple, despite having been looted from the Korean ...

A "great bathing" event to clean one of the largest bronze statues of Kobo Daishi in Japan was held at Imayama Daishi temple in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, on March 26. The statue is 17 ...

(CNN) -- Security concerns and sympathy toward Tibetans prompted a Buddhist temple in Nagano, Japan, to withdraw from participation in the Olympic torch relay next week, a temple official said on ...