Shinto is Japan’s indigenous spirituality—centered on nature, ritual, and reverence for unseen forces called kami. It’s not a religion of belief, but of connection to place, tradition, and harmony.

Coverage: Watch on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website and app and in-play clips on BBC Sport website from 19:30 BST. Sumo is the iconic national sport of Japan, but it is also a mix of ...

Venue: The Royal Albert Hall, London. Dates: 15-19 October Coverage: Watch on BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button, BBC Sport website and app and in-play clips on BBC Sport website from 19:30 BST. Sumo is the ...

Laís and Jackson Dognini clarified the details of their unlikely origin story to her 17,700 Instagram followers Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and ...

The man charged with fatally shooting Seneca Catholic priest Raj B. “Arul” Carasala was muted during a Zoom hearing after he had an angry outburst and demanded a new defense attorney. Gary Lee ...

A Catholic priest from Mexico has been accused of sexually assaulting a child during long-ago visits to Chicago, local church officials said this weekend. The Rev. Ernest Tovar-Trejo, a priest of the ...

Centuries of tradition, thunderous ceremony, and rare spectacle are about to converge on London as sumo wrestling returns to the UK for the first time in a generation. Draped in embroidered silk robes ...

Beyond the Skyline is a podcast and video interview about economic development, real estate and construction in Minnesota.

Join us again on Thursday at 19:30 BST for Day Two For the first time 34 years, the Grand Sumo Tournament will be hosted at the Royal Albert Hall in London Find the bouts here The event spans from ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A visitor to Japan who wanders into a sumo tournament might be forgiven for thinking they had intruded upon a religious ceremony. Tournaments begin with a line of burly men wearing ...

Officials in Washington state have agreed to back off a controversial effort to force priests there to violate the seal of confession as part of a mandatory abuse reporting law. A motion filed in ...

CHICAGO — A priest of the Diocese of Tampico, Mexico, has been accused of sexual abuse of a minor during past visits to a Chicago parish, according to a letter sent to the parish by Cardinal Blase J.