the museum's chief researcher who specializes in the history of sculptures in Japan, headed the research. He noted it was possible the miniature Buddha was a “nenjibutsu,” or small statue of ...

A 14th-century bronze Buddha statue from Korea’s Goryeo-era, stolen by a South Korean theft ring from Kannon Temple on Japan’s Tsushima Island in 2012, will officially be returned to the ...

Imura and Morisaki promptly agreed. Naka Ai carves a replacement halo for a Buddha statue. They called their venture Sanjoudou, which in Japanese means "combining the power of three" and based ...

Returning from a Japanese funeral ... It’s genuinely gargantuan--one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world, seemingly soaring to the heavens with a height of 120 meters.

Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese ...

Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a ...

The infant she holds is said to be 15 meters long, the same height as the famous Great Buddha statue at ... Now, the statue poses a safety problem. Japan's building code requires structures ...

A 57m (187ft) Buddhist statue dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy, Kannon, in central Japan has been draped with a giant face covering. Temple managers in Aizuwakamatsu plan to keep the figure ...

(AP) PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Archaeologists in Cambodia are celebrating an unexpected find at the country's centuries-old Angkor temple complex: the torso of a statue of Buddha that matches a ...