Japanese women tell all at monk’s bar
The monk's bar in Tokyo TOKYO (majirox news) — Attractive Buddhist monk Yoshinobu Fujioka knows more about women’s secrets than their spouses, boyfriends or best friends do. He manages a monk’s bar...
View ArticleBuddhist priest offers faith to Japanese on death row, hope to disaster victims
Buddhist priest Fuso Watanabe at the Tokoji Temple in TokyoTOKYO (majirox news) — The day a condemned man took his last breath, Buddhist Chaplain Fuso Watanabe was quietly standing by him. He put his...
View ArticlePriests on funerals: What’s business got to do with it
Funeral arrangement, with flower arrangements, a portrait of the deceased, and an ihai, a spirit tablet. TOKYO (majirox news) — The $21 billion funeral industry is changing as more Japanese households...
View ArticleBuddhism: Messengers of hope?
TOKYO (majirox news) — The patient said he had lost all hope. He felt shattered, both physically and emotionally. The 42 year old, who was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer, could not accept his...
View ArticleFaiths join hands in mourning
Faiths gather together to remember the dead, and to help those who have lost all A memorial service for the disaster victims TOKYO (majirox news) — The country paused in sadness on March 11 to mark the...
View ArticleThe winds of Fukushima
Over 18 months ago, the reactors at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station went into meltdown. Large amounts of radioactive material were released. And the world seems to have forgotten about it, or...
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