It is not discrimination,’ Nanzoin’s head monk says, insisting that the money is needed to address tourists’ nuisance behaviour.

A Buddhist monk in Santa Ana is accused of sexually molesting two women when they were just little girls. Now, more women are speaking out with similar accusations.

When Japanese writer Tsutomu Mizukami (1919–2004) was 9, he entered a Zen temple in Kyoto as a “kozo”—a novice monk who had ...

Ryōchū, a Zen monk turned Warsaw bohemian, and his son Yoshiho, a key Japanese ally of the Solidarity movement – as their ...

A temple in southwestern Japan is drawing controversy and criticism for its recent decision to charge admission only to ...

Fickle weather and funny bounces are classic features of links golf and it makes the British Open a test of the mind as much ...

World War II was hours from ending when the sky over Japan's Kumagaya turned orange. In one corner of the city, a woman gave birth.

Wilawan Emsawat, also known as 'Sika Golf', 35, was said to have slept with high-ranking religious leaders to raid donations, ...

Investigators found the abbot had allegedly been blackmailed by Wilawan over their romantic relationship. She told the monk that she was pregnant and asked him to pay 7.2 million baht ($222,000) in ...

Wirapol Sukphol, a jet-setting monk known for his lavish lifestyle, made international headlines in 2017 when he was charged ...

Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of napalm on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. Eighty ...

Philosophy professor Evan Thompson, who defines himself as “a good friend to Buddhism,” is also a critic of “ Buddhist ...