Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines ... but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that ...

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

The Ichikawa mayor's decision to restrict the gathering sparks debate on multicultural coexistence in Japan amid ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...