Kukai
(774–835), Japanese Buddhist monk. Kukai, also known as Kobo Daishi, was born in Shikoku; at age seventeen, he went to Kyoto to attend the university, where he studied Chinese classics. R...
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Kukai (774-835) was a Japanese Buddhist monk who founded the Shingon sect. This great scholar's activities extended beyond the domain of the purely religious, including the building of roads, irrigati...
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The manager of a radio station critical of both the Somali government and the Islamic militants who have been trying to topple it was killed outside his home in the Somali capital, the eighth journ...
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The Somali government has shut down three independent radio stations in two days, journalists said Tuesday, as troops backed by Ethiopian soldiers continued to battle Islamic insurgents in the shra...
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A new pilgrimage circuit, opened in May in Hokkaido, is hoping
to follow in the footsteps of Japan's famous 88-temple pilgrimage on
Shikoku Island in attracting tourists to the northernmost p...
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MOGADISHU, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Residents fled the Somali
capital Mogadishu on Monday, adding to a growing humanitarian
crisis as government forces backed by Ethiopian tanks stepped up
efforts to cr...
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Kukai
Kukai
Radio station manager killed in Somalia
