A German tourist was arrested and attacked by locals after he illegally scaled the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Yucatan, ...

Nestled in the heart of Tokyo, the Meiji Shrine is a serene escape from the bustling metropolis that surrounds it. This ...

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it.

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

Princess Aiko visited Meiji Shrine in Tokyo to pay her respects to Empress Shoken on April 10, the day before the 110th anniversary of her death. This marked the young princess’s first official ...

I constantly doubt myself, and yet somehow found myself pursuing a career in musical theatre – an extroverted industry where ...

US Senate Democrats debate path forward on government funding bill U.S. Senate Democrats were wrestling on Wednesday with how to respond to a stopgap funding bill passed by the Republican ...

Tokyo's Meiji Shrine enshrines Emperor Meiji, who ruled from 1868 until 1912 and oversaw Japan's modernization drive, and his wife, Empress Shoken. It is one of the country's prime destinations ...

Built to enshrine the spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in 1920, the shrine is a more than 700,000 sq m oasis of calm in the heart of the city, with long, tree-lined pathways that lead ...