Grand sumo champion Yokozuna Terunofuji performs the Shiranui-style entering ceremony for the new year's dedication at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo on Tuesday. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI Jan.

Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it.

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Jan. 7 (UPI) --A formal ceremony heralded the start of the Japan's sumo wrestling season at the Meiji Jingu shrine on Tuesday, two months after a U.S. man was arrested for desecrating it. Japanese ...

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The Mongolian-born Yokozuna prayed for success in the upcoming January tournament as fans braved the cold weather to attend the ceremony. Terunofuji, the sole Yokozuna in sumo, had withdrawn from the ...

"Every year around New Year's Day and the end of the year, there is big news about airplane accidents which is a bit too overwhelming for children, so I hope that this year will be as peaceful as ...

Couples Night will be held on Sunday, Feb. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Shrine’s Upper Room. The evening will begin with dinner, beverages, and desserts. After dinner, Julia Monnin OCDS, will speak.

Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, in particular, welcomes a huge wave of worshippers each year from midnight on Dec 31 to Jan 3. The huge shrine expects three million visitors in the first three days of the new ...

While visitors in Japan arrived to pray and make offerings on the first morning of the new year at Meiji Shrine. Here are a few pictures showing the celebrations from across the world. People ...