Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it.

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the ...

Meiji Jingu Stadium and Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium will be torn down and their locations switched in a phased manner. The project also features the development of a complex of commercial ...

About 3,500 people gathered at Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo on Friday to see sumo yokozuna grand champion Hoshoryu perform his ...

A group of residents is suing Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward over a controversial redevelopment project in the Meiji Jingu Gaien district. The plaintiffs are demanding the revocation of a permit issued by ...

Map of places to visit around Tokyo Make your first morning in Tokyo a mellow one with a trip to the venerable Meiji Jingu. Built to enshrine the spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in ...