Kinkaku-ji is one of the shrines in Japan, also known as the Golden Pavilion. (Photo: Klook SG) In Japan, the two main religions are Shinto and Buddhism as most Japanese consider themselves Buddhist, ...

Thousands of Japan's historic Buddhist temples are expected to shut down. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Ian Reader, an expert on Japanese culture, on how Buddhism is changing in the country. We turn ...

If you’ve visited Buddhist temples in Japan, chances are you passed through their entry gates and continued straight to their venerable main halls. Perhaps you admired the architecture, gazed upon ...

Japan unveils its first AI buddhist monk robot as Kyoto University researchers turn to technology to support temples facing ...

Researchers in Japan have unveiled Buddharoid, an AI-powered robot monk designed to support shrinking Buddhist communities as ...

TOKYO - The Kamiyacho Open Terrace cafe in central Tokyo has all the trappings of a trendy establishment — good coffee, homemade dessert, an airy terrace. But what makes the cafe truly interesting is ...

EIHEIJI, Japan (Reuters) - Deep in a forest near Japan's western shore, a 13th century Buddhist temple where Steve Jobs once dreamed of becoming a Zen monk has teamed up with a Tokyo skyscraper ...

Researchers at Kyoto University have developed Buddharoid. This is an AI-powered humanoid robot designed to act like a Buddhist priest, amid Japan’s priest shortage.

We turn now to Japan, a country that has over 77,000 Buddhist temples. For years, they have been a fixture in cultural life there. Yet many are expected to close - 40 percent of them in the next 25 ...