This reflects the reality of Japanese funerals, in which the solemnity of the Buddhist chanting is offset by the alcohol-fueled raucousness of the wake. (This is from my personal experience ...

Japanese company Nisseieco Co. Ltd. unveiled a "robot priest" they have programmed to help with tasks at Buddhist temples, including the reading of Buddhist scripture during funeral ceremonies.

A private funeral ceremony attended by his family members and friends took place at Tokyo’s Zojo-ji Buddhist temple on July 12. The Japanese government decided to hold a state funeral for Abe on ...

This Buddhist hearse was manufactured on a Toyota Crown car chassis in Japan specifically for Buddhist funerals. With the increasing number of Buddhist funerals in Britain the hearse was imported ...

The monk was stopped by police last September while on his way to a Buddhist memorial service in Japan's Fukui province, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. The article was only published in December ...

Daisaku Ikeda, who headed Soka Gakkai, a Japanese Buddhist organization ... Hiromasa and Takahiro. A private funeral has already been held with close family. The date of a public commemorative ...

Last month, a massive funeral was held at a Buddhist temple east of Tokyo ... requests from owners to fix their robotic best friends. Japanese electronics maker Sony released the first version ...

Daisaku Ikeda, a former leader of Japan's influential Buddhist group Soka Gakkai, has died at the age of 95. Over decades Ikeda expanded the organisation's international following and forged links ...