Utah's Japanese community as well as Japantown redevelopment plans will be the focuses of Nihon Matsuri, the annual Japan ...

While the Tokyo District Court has ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church — a rare move made only twice in the ...

His combination of traditional Japanese architecture with a ... for local sites and contexts Ando’s famous buildings – such as the Church of the Light, Koshino House or the Water Temple ...

NARA -- A new building inspired by an ancient Japan palace was recently completed here at Manyo Botanical Garden on the grounds of the iconic Kasugataisha Shrine, designed to be used as a hotel ...

One of the buildings is the headquarters of the Unification ... Kwak said the various organizations affiliated with the Unification Church in Japan have become completely removed from their ...

I began to fear that Japan had organized and pacified religion to such an extent that it had hollowed out the mystical element altogether. I had seen ideas of impermanence at work in architecture ...

The Unification Church said Monday it had appealed a Japanese court's decision to strip the sect of official recognition, in the wake of the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe. The Tokyo ...

and readings on the history of religion in Japan. Analysis of these materials will allow us to discuss the relationship between religious belief and artistic practice. Interpretation and discussion ...