SANBAGAWA, Gunma Prefecture--Benmou Suzuki’s dilapidated 420-year-old temple, located deep in the forest near a tiny Japanese mountain village ... one Shinto shrine and a church.

Mount Fuji is many things to Japan ... records say the village of Subashiri, about 10 kilometers from the crater, was the worst-hit community. It was home to Fujisengen Shrine, which served ...

A 65-year-old US citizen has been detained by Japanese police ... prayers—no other shrine or sanctuary sees such numbers. Read also: Israeli settlers storm West Bank village: One dead, homes ...

A Chinese national living in Japan was arrested ... arrest of the 29-year-old Chinese national on July 9, saying he conspired with the two others to vandalize the shrine with red spray paint ...