OSAKA--The Japan Mint plans to soon release special collector ... Shinji Ikari. The other is a bronze medal showing Ikari and the heroine Rei Ayanami. The silver medal will be included in the ...

This marks a significant homecoming for the statue, which was originally looted in 1378. The 50.5-centimeter-tall Buddhist statue that Japanese pirates plundered and took to their country had been one ...