With their heads removed and bodies broken into pieces to be sold around the world, Buddhist statues taken from sacred ...

In September 2020, Japan's Toei Kokusai auction house announced the auction of a stone Buddha head later confirmed to have been smuggled from Tianlong Mountain Grottoes' Cave 8 in 1924.

Located in Kansai, Nara is considered to be the oldest city in Japan. It was the country's first permanent capital and played ...

Even though it was a gloomy day, we could still clearly see Songkhla's landscape from where we stood atop the ancient Fort No.9. Constructed out of stone ... Mara Buddha statue, a Burmese-style ...

With its unique blend of traditional culture and dazzling modernity, Japan offers an incredible tapestry of experiences that ...

Emerging from the head of the world's tallest bronze Buddha and climbing down to its right ear, two specialist cleaners gave ...

British historian William Dalrymple maps the vast arc that encompassed the Greek and Roman empires, much of Central Asia and eastwards as far as China, Korea and Japan. It was the first time the t ...

Japan is not having it, with the throngs of tourists overtaking its most popular cities, such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto. The ...

Explore the vibrant cities in Taiwan: from bustling Taipei to scenic Tainan, discover the rich culture and captivating ...

The pieces are part of the heads of Naga, archaeologists said, a guardian deity thought to have sheltered the Buddha from ...