A Japanese shrine famous to video game fans has announced a ban on visits by tourists, following an "unforgivable act of disrespect". In 2021, Ghost of Tsushima players helped the Tsushima ...

A recent example concerns Ghost of Tsushima and its sales performance in Japan. PS1 classic Crash 3 released in 1998, and became the very first non-Japanese first-party PlayStation game to reach ...

Ghost of Tsushima fans previously donated $180k to Watazumi Shrine to repair a damaged torii gate. A shrine on Japan's Tsushima Island has banned all tourists from visiting after an "unforgivable ...

A Shinto shrine that's believed to have influenced a similar location in Ghost of Tsushima has reportedly ... Named Watazumi Shrine, the Japanese site is found on Tsushima Island, which sits ...

For 250 years under the Tokugawa Shoguns, Japan’s population was kept stable largely by female infanticide.* Of the girls permitted to live, those who became prostitutes in order to support ...

In the years since, though, the Nagasaki Prefecture Shinto shrine which served as a model for one of the locations in the "Ghost of Tsushima" video game ... the no-tourists-allowed policy applies to ...

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki Prefecture--Hinako Komori quickly recognized that a stuffed specimen at a museum storehouse was likely a long-extinct Japanese wolf. But the elementary school girl faced ...

NAHA—In a case that drew outrage in Okinawa Prefecture, a U.S. airman was sentenced to five years in prison on Dec. 13 over the abduction and rape of a girl under 16. The Naha District Court ...

However, in some places, this union takes a very different form, with girls marrying corpses. In China, this unusual practice is known as a ghost marriage. This custom, dating back around 3,000 years, ...

These astonishing photographs give an unprecedented glimpse inside the world of the Yakuza, the Japanese organised crime syndicates, known for their brutality, tattoos and strict code of honour ...

Ghost waves are the ultimate lazy-girl hairstyle—subtle, barely-there waves that add just enough movement to the hair without looking too styled. Softer than traditional beach waves but looser than ...