Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines ... but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between ...

MAEBASHI, Japan - Discrimination toward foreign residents in Japan has expanded from Koreans and Kurds to Muslims as their population has estimated to have nearly doubled in recent years, according to ...

At the mosque gathering in the park, balloons and toys were handed out to children, in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, May 27, 2026. (Mainichi/Koichi Takahashi) ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- As the number of Muslims ...

Discrimination toward foreign residents in Japan has expanded from Koreans and Kurds to Muslims as their population has estimated to have nearly doubled in recent years, according to observers and ...

CHIBA, Japan (AP) — Yohei Matsuyama breaks his daylong Ramadan fast with chopsticks. He’s seated on the floor at a narrow table with a dozen other Japanese Muslim men and boys as they eat “gyudon,” a ...

Seikei University Prof Masaaki Ito, an expert on media sociology. Groundless rumors that Muslims are responsible for a spate of fires at temples, shrines and a sake brewery across Japan have been ...

A Trump supporter defended Trump's proposed Muslim registry on Fox News by citing FDR's Japanese internment camps as "precedent." November 17, 2016 ...

ICHIKAWA, Chiba -- As the number of Muslims in Japan rises, group prayers in public parks are causing friction in several places. In Ichikawa, Chiba P･･･ ...