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Mikaboyama Fudoson temple in Fujioka, Gunma prefecture, Japan

Japan’s Temples and Shrines at Risk of Misuse amid Growing Sales

Justin Whitaker 24 September 2024

As a surge in the sale of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines sweeps across Japan, some are concerned about buyers exploiting religious properties for tax benefits

Weekly Toyo Keizai: Buddhism Facing a “Life or Death Struggle” in Japan

Raymond Lam 16 June 2023

An extended article in a Japanese business weekly highlights an interconnected and inexorable nexus of factors for Buddhism’s ongoing decline

Buddhistdoor View: Reimagining the Interplay of Work and Retirement as Lifelong Meaning-seeking

Buddhistdoor Global 6 May 2023

Re-imagining a more creative and productive relationship between work and rest, with advice from Seon master Ven. Pomnyun Sunim

The staff of Twilight Villa treat the residents like their own grandparents. Image courtesy of Twilight Villa

Twilight Villa – The Last Hope for Myanmar’s Sick and Abandoned Elderly

Shuyin 12 September 2018

A final refuge for the forsaken and forgotten

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Japan’s Temples and Shrines at Risk of Misuse amid Growing Sales

Weekly Toyo Keizai: Buddhism Facing a “Life or Death Struggle” in Japan

Twilight Villa – The Last Hope for Myanmar’s Sick and Abandoned Elderly