I received a registered letter with a bundle of forms informing me that an overseas parcel addressed to me had arrived but ...

For the twenty-two-year-old Anagarika Dharmapala, his encounter with the fifty-four-year-old Sir Edwin Arnold proved to be a ...

Most people know that Pokémon is a Japanese video game, but did you know that many Pokémon designs were influenced by Japanese religion, mythology, and folklore? If you look closely, you can see ...

These texts set out the traditional story of the foundation of Japan and its people, and demonstrate the very close relationship between the gods and the people of Japan. The stories also ...

Salif Keïta battled parental disapproval and societal stigma to become the mainstay of two of his country’s most celebrated ...

The remarkable new short story collection by Yukio Mishima, “Voices of the Fallen Heroes and Other Stories,” is newly ...

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The Archdiocese of Toronto’s Office for Interreligious Dialogue has announced the winners of this year’s Dominican Friars Youth Interfaith Video Contest under this year’s theme of Faith as a pathway ...