Japanese grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji and two other sumo wrestlers formally opened the 2025 sumo wrestling season during an annual sumo ritual held at the Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo.

A 65-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Japanese police on charges of vandalizing the wooden torii gate of one of Tokyo's most frequently visited shrines, Meiji Jingu. Officers arrested the ...

Map of places to visit around Tokyo Make your first morning in Tokyo a mellow one with a trip to the venerable Meiji Jingu. Built to enshrine the spirits of Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken in ...

Japanese baseball has a rich history, but a series of structural factors stand in the way of it becoming a phenomenon in ...

A stately avenue formed by gingko trees in Tokyo’s leafy Meiji Jingu Gaien area is now lit up at night. The nighttime illumination is for 64 of the 146 trees in various autumn hues lined up in ...

After that, head over to the Harajuku area for a walk around Meiji Jingu, Tokyo’s grandest shrine. Dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken, it was first built in 1920 and then rebuilt in ...

A group of residents is suing Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward over a controversial redevelopment project in the Meiji Jingu Gaien district. The plaintiffs are demanding the revocation of a permit issued by ...

These ties have flourished across multiple sectors, including trade, investment, science and technology, and education,” ...

In a mesmerizing night show, projection mapping works from around the world will be shown in Tokyo as the main program ... cultural property, in the Meiji Jingu Gaien complex in Shinjuku Ward.

The Jingu Gaien construction project has sparked outcry over the loss of green space and historical sites. But other projects that operate with similar intentions passed nearly unopposed.