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UNESCO Recognizes Ancient Buddhist Documents for Memory of the World Register

The Buddhist Channel, 25 May 2023

Otsu, Japan -- UNESCO's Memory of the World register will now feature a remarkable collection of documents dating back over a thousand years, shedding light on the historical and cultural exchanges between Japan and China.

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Japan's Buddhist temples to offer rooms to rent after law change

by Danielle Demetriou , The Telegrraph, 28 May 2018

Tokyo, Japan -- The words “spiritual” and “spartan” are not often used to describe properties listed on Airbnb. They are, however, more likely to crop up following the launch of a service devoted to providing accommodation in temples across Japan.

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Ancient Banquet Hall Near Country's First Buddhist Temple Discovered in Former Capital of Japan

By Sydney Pereira, Newsweek, Feb 26, 2018

Tokyo, Japan -- Archaeologists may have found a 63-foot-long banquet hall for nobility, dating back to the Asuka period, which extended from 538 A.D. to 794 A.D. What remains of the structure are holes in the ground measuring 3 to 4 feet wide, where, researchers believe, wooden pillars once stood lining the banquet hall.

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Nara temple unravels giant scroll of 11-faced Buddhist statue

By YUYA TANAKA, Asahi Shimbun, February 28, 2018

SAKURAI, Nara Prefecture (Japan) -- A gigantic scroll containing a life-size picture of the main Buddhist statue of Hasedera temple here has been dusted off for the first display in six years.

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Buddhist temples in Japan get digital upgrade with new techno wooden fish

by Oona McGee, Sora News 24, Dec 23, 2017

The most entertaining way to recite the Heart Sutra.
Tokyo, Japan -- One of the most impressive things about Japan is the way the country seamlessly ties in centuries of old traditions with more modern everyday elements. We’ve seen this enticing blend of old and new in things like kimono dress shirts, izakaya restaurant bathhouses, and even Pokémon osechi New Year’s meals.

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This Japanese robot can host low-cost Buddhist funerals

Kyoto-based Buddhist group struggles with decline in temples and priests

Thousands of Japanese Buddhist temples left 'priestless'

Illuminating Buddhism in a high-tech light

Japanese Buddhist Temple Holds Techno Memorial Services

'Shukubo' inn to provide tourists with Buddhist buzz in Osaka

Visitors Leave a Very Unusual Offering at This Buddhist Temple

In Japan there’s online Buddhist priest delivery service

Buddhist governing body questions monk over harassment claims

Buddhist altar makers recreate armor worn by feudal clan chief

Holy Buddhist temple embraces its role as a Pokémon gym

Armed with an MBA, a Buddhist monk sets out to transform the future of the temple

Buddhist monk uses age-old wisdom to create driverless taxis

Kosanji Temple combines the greatest hits of Japanese Buddhist architecture

Buddhist deity image emerges from Kumamoto Castle rubble

A pint or a prayer? Monks in Japan put Buddhism on the menu

Kamakura's Great Buddha waltzes through 'health checkup'

A Zen Buddhist temple experience in Kyoto

Nature in Short / Sacred plant ‘Japanese star anise’ used in Buddhist funerals

Japan’s ‘monks by mail’ offer Buddhist ministry in Internet age

The Buddhist Monk Who Uses Space to Teach Spirituality

Swastikas used on maps in Japan to indicate Buddhist temples to be replaced because tourists associate them with Nazis

Buddhist temple in Tokyo upgraded by Satoru Hirota Architects

Japan's Buddhists want Amazon to end 'rent-a-monk' service

Buddhist statue attracts scrums of fans with its ‘Goromaru-style’ rugby pose

Missing Buddhist scroll from 12th century turns up in Nara temple

Japan: Temples of doom

Buddhist Priest Invites Same-Sex Couples To Marry At His Temple

Buddhist monk ends nine-day ritual without food, water or sleep

Japan Survey: 12,000 Buddhist temples lack resident monks

Hoodie Monks mix beats with their Buddhism

Buddhist monk Setouchi: Abe should go to war himself

Shrines Turn to 3D Printing to Protect Buddhist Statues

Buddhism undergoes modern twist to attract young people

Cup of noodles for vegans!

Japan Buddhist group to build 2 monuments on Saipan

Buddhist followers pray for hostages during cold water ablutions in Wakayama

Buddhist monks cultivate cat haven at Fukui Prefecture’s “Kitty Temple”

Buddhist Temple Officiates Gay Weddings As Japan Continues to Struggle With LGBT Rights

Four South Koreans held over theft of Tsushima Buddhist statue

Japan: Buddhist monks become models for fashion show

Learnt values of cleanliness from Buddhism: Kyoto Mayor

Priestly pair set out to boost ‘Buddhism 3.0' across Japan

Lonesome Buddhist temple comes alive after adopting cute anime characters

Spreading Buddhism via old-style storytelling

Funeral gripes fuel Buddhist rethink

Some Buddhist temples now accepting ashes through the mail

Japanese Buddhists organize ‘monks without borders’

Kukai and the impact of Shingon Buddhism in stunning Koyasan: Amazing beauty of Wakayama

Cafés bring Buddhism to Japan’s urban dwellers

Japan’s Buddhist Temples keeping up with the times using DJs, apps, video games, booze and more

Buddhist Temple for Science Nerds

Mayor to seek return of Buddhist statue in South Korea

Priest uses eraser carving as a path to spread Buddhism

Seeing where Shinto and Buddhism cross

Massive investment losses rock leading Buddhist sect

Buddhist temples in Japan joining matchmaking boom

Japan to demand that South Korea return stolen Buddhist statues

Young monks pitch new ways to teach old values

Zenkoji Temple

Meditating Buddhist monk saddles up for London

Japan must thoroughly re-examine nuclear energy policy

Religious leaders call on higher power against nuclear reactor restart

Head monk of Kyoto temple takes Buddhism into the community

Famed Buddhist nun in antinuclear hunger strike

Buddhist priests' foray into non-traditional activities offers comfort in troubled times

Bringing management lessons to Buddha

Pilgrimage - 600 kilometers, 150 chanted sutras, and 20,000 written sutras

Japanese monk guards remains of tsunami unknown

Japan Finds Story of Hope in Undertaker Who Offered Calm Amid Disaster

Matchmaking service gives Buddhist monks a boost in dating market

Monk who is sold on ISB: Japanese creating management model to attract Gen Y to Buddhist temple

The Real Buddha Bar, Tended By Tokyo Monks

Japanese temple bans yakuza gangsters

Dalai Lama visits Tohoku, meets disaster survivors

Dalai Lama Praises Japan's Courage and Resilience to Rebuild

Shinnyo-en Buddhist 'Eye Opening' Ceremony In Japan

Japan tsunami survivors pray in summer Buddhist rite

Kyoto rejects ceremonial wood over radiation fears

Tohoku’s ‘Pure Land’ Blessed by World Heritage Status

Hiroshima monk to invite Fukushima students to A-bomb anniversary

Buddhist service for Japan's tsunami dead

Buddhist priest trying to help quake victims, drawing from 9/11

World's first comprehensive Buddhist museum opens in Kyoto

Buddhism explains stoic reaction to disaster

Japanese Buddhism After the Earthquake: Memorials, Spiritual Comfort, and Emergency Response

Buddhist monk in Japan raps to attract young converts

Mass graves replace elaborate funerals in northern Japan

Charity knows no limits when disaster strikes

Authorities in Buddhist Japan consider burying quake victims

For Buddhists, Ohigan ceremonies hold special meaning this year

Japanese Look To Ancient Traditions For Strength

How Japan's religions confront tragedy

Monk brings global view to Buddhism

Japan launches 3D Buddhist temple

The Dalai Lama visits Nara, the ancient Buddhist capital in Japan

Get a taste of a monk's life at Buddhist cafe

Kamakura expat at one with all Buddhist deities

His Holiness the Dalai Lama meets Korean Buddhists in Tokyo

'China and Japan should work on translation of Buddhist canon'

Dalai Lama asks Japanese priests to produce Buddhist scientists

Awaken your Buddha Seed: Dalai Lama tells Japanese Buddhists

Dalai Lama criticises anti-whaling protesters

Dalai Lama: Do not politicize my visit to Zenkoji

The Dalai Lama to pay week-long visit to Japan

Monk arrested for setting fire to temple for insurance

A dose of Zen

Funky Buddha: Monk MC Has Hip-Hop Habit

Rapping Monk Slings Buddhist Rhymes

Buddhist priest to head Japan Airlines - and without salary

Rap and manga - new roads to Nirvana in Japan

Japan's new hi-tech 'graveyards'

Buddhist Priests Use Pop Culture to Win Back Faithful

Buddhist Leaders Issue Anti-Lee Statements

Well-armed to protect Buddha

Tendai Buddhists go marathon lengths for enlightenment

108 temples to establish pilgrimage route

Japanese underworld boss quits crime to turn Buddhist

A young voice speaks up for Buddhist sculpture

Taking an austere path to enlightenment

Japan's Buddhist temples target smoking

Japanese Buddhist steals statues "to pray"

Man collared in Mie over statue theft at Kyoto temple

Meditation time

Rebuilding sacred secrets of ancient Omi Province

Buddhist images stolen from temples

Nagano temple offers rare public viewing of Buddha statue

Blissful waterfall

Touring Japan's Ancient Temples

Buiddhist groups fret over Japan's lay judge system

Daisetsuzan National Park's Sacred trails

Kezoji Temple priest's meal woos visitors

U.S. priest delivers book on Zen philosophy

'Daikon' ceremony gets under way at Kyoto temple

Temple of dreams

Hyogo: A veritable Utopia

Hiraizumi: More than meets the eye

Greedy world needs Tibet's compassion: Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama to Stay Quiet on Tibet's Future

Dalai Lama in Japan after health scare

Prince Charles and Camilla visit Buddhist temple

Dalai Lama to give speeches in Tokyo, Kitakyushu

Thieves target Japan's Buddhist statues

Unmasking capital punishment

Japan offers mourners high-tech access to ancestors

The Buddhist nun and the cellphone novel

Yakushiji offers peace of mind

New Kinki region pilgrimage route opens

Japan temple burns down as monk attacked by bees

Japan faces crematorium shortage amid rapid aging

Kyoto protocol fails to save the Japanese city's famous Zen gardens

Jingoji source of Heian Buddhism

Japanese Ojizo: Rocks or divinity?

Fire destroys World Heritage Kyoto temple hall

Korean President must improve ties with Buddhists

Japan and the Suicide Problem

Dalai Lama to visit Japan in November: Buddhist group

My stay in the big Buddha house

In Japan, Buddhism May Be Dying Out

Dial-a-monk firm eases funeral cost worries

Inside the shogun's secret fortress

Man arrested for vandalizing statue at Buddhist temple in Osaka

Manpukuji, where Chinese cuisine took root in Japan

Dalai Lama implore's Japanese government to engage with China on Tibet

Tibetans and Japanese Offer Prayers for the Earthquake victims

Good Kamakura

Man told to find religion faces charges for dumping Buddhist altar on roadside

Kenninji key to Japan's tea culture

Graffiti spray-painted on Zenkoji temple

‘Ancient Korean Craftsmen Built Japanese Temple’

Japanese Buddhist temple withdrawn from Olympic torch route

Japanese Buddhist Monk Reads out declaration of Support for Tibet

Buddhist bells ring out monk's message of peace

Buddhist dog prays for worldly desires

Buddhist sect, woman reach settlement over priest's 'purification' sex assault

Suffer the little children

Jordan's Prince El Hassan bin Talal wins 2008 Niwano Peace Prize

Japanese monk sings rap to bring Buddhism to young audience

Temples use music, events in hope of attracting younger generation

Buddhist temple reincarnated

Buddhism forced to turn trendy to attract a new generation in Japan

New burial technique established in Japan

Japan's monks take Buddhism to bars

Japanese Monks Stage Fashion Show

Ex-Buddhist priest stole ¥150 million

"I may skip reincarnation this time", says Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama draws thousands of Japanese Buddhist crowd

“I love coming to Japan”: Dalai Lama

Japanese temple goes on auction bloc over unpaid tax

Shaved heads, liquor and ... sutras?

Vandals splash paint on gates of Kyoto's Sanjusangendo

Fake Kyoto priest sought over scams on elderly

Magnificent Nara court culture highlighted

Osaka's ex-deputy mayor to become nun

Japan's Shinto-Buddhist religious medley

To attract students, universities stay Buddhist in all but name

Religious groups wield growing political clout on Yasukuni issue

Buddhist monks now going clubbing

English tour takes in Koyasan temple town

Kyoto Zen temple offers hands-on experience to woo foreign visitors

On pilgrims' route, temple a life-saver

Yen for Titanium Roofs on Japan Temples Fuels Heritage Backlash

Buddhist fire festival warms Kyoto

Japan "nuns for a day" mix religion and role-play

Exhibition honors half-century of nun Setouchi's career as writer

Pillaging the pilgrims

A running path to enlightenment

Buddhists answer call to fill void

600 temples, shrines damaged in Noto quake

Japanese way of death: Society forces changes in costly funeral culture

Live the life of a monk

Buddhist priest busted for molesting girl under guise of dispelling evil spirit

Buddhist organization raided over forced membership allegations

Bells toll in Japan temples as 2007 dawns

Mysterious Buddhist ritual for women to be re-enacted in Tokyo

Asian Games: Japan's Buddhist monks embrace kabaddi

Secularism is the basis of all religions: Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama gives the first-ever Tantric Buddhist Empowerment in Japan

We are waiting for the Dalai Lama to come back: Chinese Buddhists

Buddhism is a science of the mind: Dalai Lama

Dalai Lama consecrates a Buddha statue in Japan

Dalai Lama consecrates Buddhist Temple in Hiroshima

His Holiness to participate in international peace summit in Hiroshima

Japanese Buddhists struggle to win back believers

Professor proves 'celibate' monk Ryokan was married

Monk with JCP fliers ruled not trespassing

Tibet-Japan inter-Buddhist culture enhanced

Priests to mark temple rebirth in North

Purifying pilgrimage

Top officials of famed Buddhist temple resign over yakuza memorial

Blisters for Buddha: Japanese pilgrims keep up 1,000-year tradition

Buddhist statue at site of deadly Amagasaki derailment opened to public

Buddhist priest arrested for child prostitution

Transfixed at the temple

Japan: Harassed monk forms a labor union

Buddhist statue stolen from Japan temple

Stolen Horyuji figure found in theft suspect's car

First Vietnamese pagoda inaugurated in Japan

Buddhist Monk Arrested For Growing Marijuana

Buddhist priest embezzles 13 million yen from followers

Buddhist monk finishes running ritual

School boys shave their heads as part of Buddhist vows

Thousands attend His Holiness the Dalai Lama's 70th Birthday events in Tokyo

Group seeks Buddhist statues from 'Saipan' pilgrimage

Dalai Lama Teaches Nagarjuna's Boddhicita in Japan

His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Buddhists Temples in Japan

Dalai Lama calls for abolition of death penalty

Steps taken to stop theft of Buddha statues

Polish couple seek peace through Zen

Japan taxes Buddhist pet funerals

Graffiti mars temple's famed bamboo garden

Basics for mourners unfamiliar with funeral etiquette

In greying Japan, prayers for a discreet death

Calls for change as WHS status threatens one of Japan's gems

Diary of monk Kawaguchi, 1st Japanese visitor to Tibet, found

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