Author: Staff Writer

Source: Japan News Reveiw

http://www.japannewsreview.com/entertainment/movies/20071007page_id=2316

Promotional trailers, posters and leaflets for the Japanese movie “Sukiyaki Western: Django” were altered after Shinto shrine keepers protested against a scene in the movie where a man is hanged from a “torii,” a gate that marks the entrance to a Shinto shrine and a traditional religious...

Author: Staff Writer

Source: Daily Yomiuri

Wire Service: AP

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/features/culture/20070705TDY16001.htm

Shinto priest Mitsutaka Inui provided a rare glimpse into various aspects of the nation's indigenous religion at an English seminar on Shinto held in Osaka last week.

The seminar was organized to celebrate the first anniversary of the launch of The Daily Yomiuri's Kansai...

Author: Richard Halloran

Source: Taipei Times

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/05/19/2003361587

With an assist from the Internet, Shinto -- the ancient religion of Japan -- is experiencing a mild upturn in fervor among the Japanese.

"We see more people coming here," said a priest at the Meiji Shrine in the middle of Tokyo. "We see more weddings, more people bringing their babies for blessings,...

Author: Roseanne Pereira

Source: Minnesota Public Radio

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/04/03/sikhfilm/

St. Paul, Minn. -- In September 2001, Valarie Kaur was a 20-year-old college junior, studying religion and international affairs. She planned to go to India to interview people about religious conflict.

Then, like millions of others, she saw the T.V. images of the world trade towers falling again and again...