The Muslim population continues to grow in Japan, but only a few cemeteries in this country, where cremation is the norm, offer burial arrangements based on their religion. An estimated 230,000 ...

With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their ...

Misleading reports and social media attacks have sought to block plans for a Muslim cemetery in the town of Hiji in southern ...

Muslims in Japan are having a tough time. The growing community in the Asian nation is struggling to find burial plots and ...

With an increasing number of Muslims living in Japan, there has been a growing demand for burial plots to conform with their religious beliefs in a country where cremation is the norm. While some ...

“Many of them became Muslims through marriage,” Tanada said. “A growing number are also likely joining the faith of their own volition.” Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer.

As the number of Muslims living in Japan continues to increase, so does the demand for burial grounds in a nation where more than 99 per cent of citizens cremate. Muslim migrants and converts face ...

Japan has seen a sharp rise in tourism from Muslim countries over the past several years. Indonesia and Malaysia in particular accounted for more than 700-thousand visitors combined in 2017.

Japan is emerging as a preferred tourist destination for Muslims. Though the country has a very small percentage of Muslim residents, it is generously making room for cross-cultural amalgamation ...