PASADENA>> Two icons in Asian history will be the center attraction today at the USC Pacific Asia Museum. As a single piece exhibit, “Visualizing Enlightenment: Decoding Buddhist Iconography” features ...

Nearly every culture has had a theory of the afterlife. Buddhism has generated a particularly rich lore of posthumous fate. Its imagery and influence thread through the collections of the Asian Art ...

There’s yard art, and then there’s yard art. Lawrence sculptor Dave Werdin-Kennicott’s latest work belongs in the latter category – that of something different and special. “This is not the typical ...

Shiramizu Amida-do Temple in Iwaki City is the only national treasure of Fukushima Prefecture. This Buddhist temple from the Heian period is especially enjoyable in summer when the garden is full of ...

NAGANO -- Here's one way to assure yourself a place in heaven. Get to Nagano City's noted Zenko-ji Temple by June 1 and catch a glimpse of its most sacred icon -- the Maedachi Honzon. According to ...

A special exhibition is now running at the Tokyo National Museum until May 8 to mark the 1,050th anniversary of the death of Buddhist Saint Kuya (903-972). The Asahi Shimbun is among the sponsors of ...

KYOTO--Rokuharamitsuji temple in the city's Higashiyama Ward has opened its new Reiwakan storage facility to the public, showcasing 14 Buddhist statues designated by the government as important ...

KAMAKURA, Japan -- President Barack Obama made a return visit to the Great Buddha statue in Japan, noting "I was only 6" the last time he visited the sacred site. Obama's visit to the site of the ...

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. This order made it legal to remove people from military areas "as deemed necessary or desirable." Though the Yakima ...