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Smartphone app lets users catch shrine deities in Miyazaki town

Yosei Ito, who developed the “Takachiho GO” smartphone app, poses with a deity known as Susanoo no Mikoto at Mukoyamajinja shrine in Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture.

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Lack of food drives spread of religion

Hard times are more likely to drive people to religion, the New Zealand co-authors of an international study said Tuesday.