The repatriation, which took place on Monday, marks the end of a protracted legal battle between Japan and South Korea over the statue's ownership, a dispute that further complicated the already ...

A special exhibition featuring a Buddhist statue recently returned from South Korea has opened at a museum in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki.

TOKYO (AP) — A 14th century Korean Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago was returned on Monday, following a yearslong legal battle between Japan and South Korea over ...

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, stolen from Japan's Kannonji temple in 2012, sits at Buseok Temple in Seosan, South Korea, Monday, May 5, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP ...

A 14th-century Korean Buddhist statue, stolen from a Japanese temple nearly 13 years ago, has finally returned home. The repatriation, which took place on Monday, marks the end of a protracted legal ...