Non-Japanese people have received certification as Shinto priests ... Some Shinto priests even use popular culture as a teaching tool, performing rituals and giving lectures at cultural events ...

"In the past almost all weddings in Japan were Shinto, but in the last few years Western-style weddings have appeared and become very popular," said one Japanese priest. It is important for the bride ...

For most Japanese, the worshipping side of Shinto is relegated to a small cadre of priests and their helpers, most of whom inherited their jobs from ancestors. The Japanese today "practice" Shinto ...

Another quarter-century passed before Act III unfolded in his life: At age 69, he became a Shinto priest ... Yasukuni as a tool to gain leverage in political negotiations with Japan, adding ...

WASHINGTON (RNS) Shinto priests throughout Japan are preparing to hold commemoration ceremonies on 11 March to mark the one-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that killed an estimated ...

It is hard to say, in fact, which would be the rarer position for a woman in today's Japan, corporate director or the job she holds: chief priest of a Shinto shrine. Sugimoto has taken a creative ...

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – Several Shinto priests from the renowned Meiji Jingu Shrine toured this installation Thursday as part of an ongoing effort to increase interfaith dialogue with the unit ...

A Shinto priest blessed a life-size RX-78F00 — Japan’s latest Gundam replica — just before Bandai Namco completed its assembly on Yumeshima Island in Osaka City on Wednesday. A video shows the priest ...

Non-Japanese people have received certification as Shinto priests ... Some Shinto priests even use popular culture as a teaching tool, performing rituals and giving lectures at cultural events ...