The Itate Hyozu Shrine in Japan’s Hyogo Prefecture is taking action over Ubisoft’s usage of the religious site in the upcoming Assassins Creed Shadows, it’s been confirmed. On the other hand, rumors ...

SEOUL--South Korea on Sunday protested Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's offering to Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine with "deep disappointment" and urged Japanese leaders to show repentance for the ...

Ubisoft is under fire for its representation of the Itate Hyozu Shrine in "Assassin's Creed Shadows," with officials from the shrine confirming they are acting on it. Rumors that Japan's Association ...

but also to destroy parts of said shrine, "including its altar and sacred objects" (as Automaton puts it). Assassin's Creed Shadows has angered officials at a real-life Japanese shrine. As Automaton ...

The Hakone Shrine with its vermillion-lacquered torii (Shinto shrine archway) and its Japanese cedars is a shrine with a holy presence that tells you about history The Hakone Shrine is worshipped in ...

The war criminals included wartime Prime Minister Hideki Tojo. Visits by Japanese leaders to the controversial shrine trigger a backlash from China and South Korea. Former Prime Minister Fumio ...

A guardian deity of water with miraculous virtue worshipped since ancient times. The shrine has been worshipped for better luck marriage by countless people through the ages, including nobles.

Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows has landed in another trouble as officials of Japan’s Itate Hyozu Shrine announced plans to take action against the game. Controversy erupted when a video ...

Officials of the Itate Hyozu Shrine in Japan are "taking action" against Assassin's Creed Shadows after a video circulated online showing a player destroying parts of the interior in the video game.

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Though it recovered in the second half of the year, Japan’s economy barely grew in 2024 as a depreciated yen fueled inflation and strained households. By River Akira Davis and Hisako Ueno ...