The people of Japan are polite, but what they consider polite and what you might consider polite at home are likely di ...

The Japan Times reported that the letters were carved into a wooden pillar of a traditional entrance, known as a torii gate, at the Meiji Shrine. Hayes, who is alleged to have used his fingernails ...

Torii gates are often found at the entrance to Shinto shrines that symbolize the transition from the everyday world to the sacred. The incident comes as a surge of tourists have visited Japan in ...