Returning from a Japanese funeral, I paused in front of my "genkan" entrance and, from my bag, pulled out the white envelope that I had received. I felt the envelope for salt, but it was missing and ...

USHIKU, Ibaraki Prefecture—Local fire departments in the prefecture conducted a rescue training exercise with the 120-meter-tall Buddha statue that holds the Guinness World Record for height here on ...

USHIKU: Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up Monday (Sept 9) to ...

Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up Monday to help it look its ...

A silhouette of Buddha emerges against the sun as a thick fog covers fields and houses in Toride, Ibaraki Prefecture, on May 30, 2022. The Ushiku Daibutsu statue in the prefectural city of Ushiku was ...

Ushiku (Japan) (AFP) – Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave the imposing Japanese statue an annual spruce up ...