OSAKA--A life-size wooden statue of the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi has been discovered at Omiyajinja shrine here, providing a clue to how people worshipped him during his successor's era.

Planning documents indicate the dimensions of the statues are life size being, “around 5′ with crucifixion at 8′.” One woman did bring concerns about the project at Monday’s public ...

one of the world’s largest displays of religious devotion. The procession, locally known as Translacion, sees devotees carry across Manila a 400-year-old, life-size statue of Jesus Christ ...