NARA--Much like today, a mysterious disease in the eighth century forced Japanese to adopt new lifestyle ... hit by a smallpox outbreak in the Nara Period (710-784). Residents thought the disease ...

Large torches were ignited March 12 during the annual "Shuni-e" two-week training of Buddhist priests at Todaiji temple's ...

"Plastic items can accumulate in deer stomachs over a long period, leading to their death ... compress trash and bear the slogan: "Save the Nara deer from plastic waste". Public bins are scarce across ...

The sacred deer of Nara Park, Japan, are facing a serious threat due to plastic waste left behind by tourists. The park’s 1,300 sacred sika deer, revered for centuries, are creasingly suffering ...

Tsubosakadera temple in Takatori, Nara Prefecture, is known as a place where people can come to pray for eye diseases to be ...

“Plastic items can accumulate in deer stomachs over a long period ... “Save the Nara deer from plastic waste”. Public bins are scarce across Japan, with one theory being that the deadly ...

Nara (Japan) (AFP) – As peckish deer chase delighted ... AFP "Plastic items can accumulate in deer stomachs over a long period, leading to their death through weakness," he warned.

NARA - As peckish deer chase delighted tourists at Japan’s temple-dotted Nara Park ... “Plastic items can accumulate in deer stomachs over a long period, leading to their death through ...