Japanese monks competed based on their inner beauty at a funeral expo to compete in the second annual "Most Handsome Monk Contest" on Monday (August 22). Spectators voted for the monk who was the most ...

Tokyo, Oct 21 (EFE).Tokyo, Oct 21 (EFE). — A 41yearold Japanese Buddhist monk on Wednesday successfully concluded “doiri,” an extremely difficult ritual that involves giving up food, drink and sleep ...

~ Some temples have introduced cafes, art galleries and other innovations to reach out to young people. TOKYO -- Japanese monks and nuns hit the catwalk in Tokyo on Saturday in a bid to spread ...

A Japanese monk is suing his temple, claiming he was forced to work incredibly long hours catering to tourists and that the heavy workload gave him depression. The monk, in his 40s, is seeking 8.6m ...

2006-02-25 04:00:00 PDT Nagano, Japan-- Junshin Hosono says he never thought of himself as a worker, at least not the way Karl Marx or Jimmy Hoffa ever thought of workers. Hosono is a Buddhist monk, ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The hum of conversation and the clinking of spoons and coffee cups fills the wood-panelled cafe in a fashionable Tokyo neighborhood as more than a dozen customers sip drinks and ...

Can you imagine going without food, drink and sleep for nine straight days and nights? It sounds impossible, but a Japanese Buddhist monk proved that it can be done, after recently completing a ...

TOKYO, Japan (NBC News) - Nippon TV has learned that authorities in Western Tokyo have taken teenagers who were residing at a temple into protective care after reports of possible abuse. A young man ...