A five-color commander gives you all the best spells at your fingertips, and Go-Shintai of Life’s Origin gives you one of the best ways to keep your Saga’s around. For five mana, one of each ...

In his book titled “Shussho Shintai no Kenkyu” (literally, a study of office holders’ every move), critic Ushio Shioda argues that a politician’s “entire persona”--made up of their ...

Some Buddhist terms and concepts lack direct translations into English that cover the breadth of the original term. Below are given a number of important Buddhist terms, short definitions, and the ...

Patients undergoing treatment at psychiatric hospitals in Japan are physically restrained way more often than in other countries, an international survey reveals, a situation one of its lead ...

I am currently carrying out two distinct (albeit interrelated) projects on Japanese religious culture. The first project explores the discourse on the body in the ritual landscape of mediaeval ...