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 ...

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 public funeral ceremony for former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ... was shot on July 8 during an election rally. A private Buddhist funeral ceremony for family members, close friends ...

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 ...

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 ...

A set of documents from more than a thousand years ago that depict the history of cultural exchanges between Japan and China will ... approved the archives of the Buddhist monk Enchin (814-891 ...

a Pure Land sect Buddhist temple in Setagaya Ward. It's known for its services for dead pets. Holding funerals for 4,000 pets Grave stones for people and their pets in a single slot are seen at ...

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 ...

While many temples in Japan hold funeral services for pets ... If we apply the basic teachings of Buddhism as they are, animals cannot go to "heaven" or attain "Buddhahood" unless they are ...