Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests watch as woodsmen, clad in ceremonial white, fell two ancient cypress trees. Their axes strike from three precise directions, timed with ...

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Tokyo, Oct. 17 (Jiji Press)--Sanae Takaichi, president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, made a "tamagushi " ritual ...

Former industry minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, known as a close aide to the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, visited the war-linked Yas ...

ISE, Japan — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so that ...

ISE, Japan (AP) — Deep in the forests of the Japanese Alps, Shinto priests keep watch as woodsmen dressed in ceremonial white chop their axes into two ancient cypress trees, timing their swings so ...