On the flat top of a steep hill in a distant corner of northern Japan lies the tomb of an itinerant shepherd who, two millennia ago, settled down there to grow garlic. He fell in love with a farmer’s ...

If the Da Vinci Code marketing onslaught has got you interested in the hidden life of Christ, you'll love the news from a small farming village in northern Japan where Jesus is said to have spent most ...

TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - A rickshaw, women in elaborate brocade kimonos, the echo of bamboo flutes. And Jesus of Nazareth, his face painted white with the flaring red lines typical of makeup in Japan's ...