The series revolves around an unlikely friendship between a Buddhist monk and a delinquent youth ... sometimes displayed on bikers’ jackets in Japan. Many mistakenly believe it stresses ...

(THE CONVERSATION) I have spent years studying and teaching Japanese anime, exploring how its narratives intertwine ... meaningful relationships. It draws from both Buddhist and Gnostic thought, which ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...