Of these cases spanning seven decades, only four of the clergy have admitted to the abuse and five remain as priests. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan on April 7 released its ...

Members of a right-wing group bow their heads to honour the war dead at the shrine The chief priest at Japan's controversial Yasukuni Shrine is to resign after making remarks highly critical of ...

Japanese company Nisseieco Co. Ltd. unveiled a "robot priest" they have programmed to help with tasks at Buddhist temples, including the reading of Buddhist scripture during funeral ceremonies ...