The 17-year-old, who is facing a hefty fine or up to five years in prison, said he intended no harm. Located in suburb of Nara city, Toshodaiji Temple, designed and built by Chinese monk Jian Zhen in ...

With the addition, Japan now has 22 cultural and five natural World Heritage sites. Unesco decided on Sunday to add a group ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A historic Buddhist hall on Miyajima Island burned to the ground after a fire broke out near Mount Misen in western Japan. Aerial ...

A 17-year-old Canadian boy was taken in for questioning in Japan for allegedly carving up a pillar at a 1,200-year-old Buddhist temple listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, local police said. The ...

A court battle over a centuries-old Buddhist statue illustrates how Japan and South Korea are tussling over their shared cultural heritage, and the artifacts that symbolize it. Neighboring countries ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Buddhist hall on Japan’s Miyajima Island that housed an “eternal flame” believed to have burned for more than 1,000 years was ...