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.

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 ...

The project highlights the ties among the main actors: the governor, Mitsui Fudosan, and Meiji Jingu, a religious organization that owns much of the land to be redeveloped. “The redevelopment of ...

Developers have yet to submit a document required to cut down trees in Tokyo’s Meiji Jingu Gaien district for a much-criticized redevelopment project. Mitsui Fudosan Co., the Meiji Jingu shrine ...

A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of damaging the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's most visited shrines, Meiji Jingu. Officers arrested the American tourist ...

The area’s redevelopment plan involves relocating and replacing the aging Meiji Jingu Stadium and Chichibunomiya Rugby Stadium, as well as constructing two new skyscrapers. The demolition ...

The leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien area so popular with Tokyoites stands to lose as much as 70 percent of its greenery, including 971 trees. The Japan ICOMOS National Committee, an advisory body of the ...

Murakami urged the developer and local authorities to “preserve the nice, leafy jogging courses and the beloved Meiji Jingu Stadium.” “Once they are gone, the place will never be the same ...

A stately avenue formed by gingko trees in Tokyo’s leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien area is now lit up at night. The nighttime illumination is for 64 of the 146 trees in various autumn hues lined up in ...