IKARUGA, Nara Prefecture—Japan’s oldest Buddhist paintings moved a step forward to their first public display since they were badly damaged in a 1949 fire at Horyuji temple here. But it could ...

NARA--Glass photographic plates that preserve the beauty of the damaged murals in Horyuji temple’s Kondo main hall are currently on display at a featured exhibition at the Nara National Museum here.

Police said the 17-year-old boy carved "Julian" on a pillar at the Toshodaiji Kondo temple complex in Nara, Japan. The boy was caught carving the pillar with his fingernail by a Japanese tourist ...