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Returned Buddhist statue on public display

A 14th-century Buddhist statue recently returned to Japan from South Korea is displayed to the public at a museum on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture on May 16, 2025. Stolen from the island's Kannonji temple in 2012, the statue was returned on May 12, 2025, after South Korea's Supreme Court ruled in 2023 that the temple is its rightful owner.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

TSUSHIMA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

TSUSHIMA, Japan, May 12 Kyodo - A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day. (Kyodo)

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is unloaded from a truck as it arrives at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A box containing the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a 14th-century Buddhist statue, is carried into Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A truck carries a 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva upon its arrival on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in the early hours of May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was being returned to Kannon Temple on Tsushima.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Stolen Buddhist statue returned to Japan

A 14th-century Buddhist statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva sits at Kannon Temple on Tsushima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on May 12, 2025. The statue, stolen in October 2012 and taken to South Korea, was returned to the temple the same day.

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Temple offers reward for clues to stolen Buddha image

FUKUOKA, Japan - A statue of Yakushi Nyorai or medicine Buddha is shown in this file photo taken in December 2009. Supporters of Myoryuzan Yakushido, a Buddhist temple in Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, announced a decision on Dec. 24, 2014, to pay a cash reward of 2 million yen for key information leading to the discovery of the statue stolen in 2010.

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Chinese court orders return of stolen Buddha statue from Dutch collector

STORY: Chinese court orders return of stolen Buddha statue from Dutch collector DATELINE: July 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:58 LOCATION: SANMING, China CATEGORY: LAW/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the stolen Buddha statue 2. STANDUP (English): HONG YAN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIN WENYU, Yangchun villager 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIN WENQING, Yangchun villager STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): HONG YAN, Xinhua correspondent "On Tuesday, a court in east China's Fujian Province ruled in favor of local villagers demanding the return of a stolen Buddha statue from a Dutch collector." This sculpture was CT scanned in 2013 and shown to contain the mummified body of a Song Dynasty (960-1279) Buddhist monk called Zhanggong Zushi. It had been housed in Puzhao Temple, co-owned by Yangchun Village and Dongpu Village in Datian County in Sanming. STANDUP 2 (English): HONG YAN, Xinhua correspondent "Here is the hall where the mummified body of the Buddhist monk had been worshipped by villagers for more tha

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Civil group oppose returning Buddhist statue to Japan

Members of a South Korean civil group stage a rally in Daejeon, South Korea, on Feb. 24, 2016, to claim that a Buddhist statue, stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012 and brought into South Korea, should not be returned to Japan. They argued the statue had been plundered by Japan in the past. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Korean parade resumes in Tsushima

About 300 people in Joseon period ethnic costumes, including 40 South Koreans, walk through a street in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2015, during the "Joseon missions to Japan parade," a cultural parade celebrating the inter-connected history of Japan and Korea. The annual event, which was called off in 2013 due to friction between Japan and South Korea over stolen Buddhist statues, resumed to deepen relations between the two countries. Tsushima is located about 50 kilometers across the sea from Busan, South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Korean parade resumes in Tsushima

About 300 people in Joseon period ethnic costumes, including 40 South Koreans, walk through a street in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Aug. 2, 2015, during the "Joseon missions to Japan parade," a cultural parade celebrating the inter-connected history of Japan and Korea. The annual event, which was called off in 2013 due to friction between Japan and South Korea over stolen Buddhist statues, resumed to deepen relations between the two countries. Tsushima is located about 50 kilometers across the sea from Busan, South Korea. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha is shown to the press at a museum in the southwestern island city of Tsushima on July 18, 2015, a day after South Korea handed it over to Japan. It was stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from a local shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha is shown to the press at a museum in the southwestern island city of Tsushima on July 18, 2015, a day after South Korea handed it over to Japan. It was stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from a local shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Buddhist statue arrives from South Korea

A bronze standing figure of the Tathagata Buddha is shown to the press at a museum in the southwestern island city of Tsushima on July 18, 2015, a day after South Korea handed it over to Japan. It was stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from a local shrine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea hands over stolen Buddhist statue to Japan

Japanese representatives leave the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage in Daejeon, central South Korea, on July 17, 2015. South Korea handed over to Japan at the institute the same day one of two ancient Buddhist statues that were stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from religious facilities in southwestern Japan, informed sources said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea hands over stolen Buddhist statue to Japan

A Japanese representative leaves the National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage in Daejeon, central South Korea, on July 17, 2015. South Korea handed over to Japan at the institute the same day one of two ancient Buddhist statues that were stolen in 2012 by South Korean thieves from religious facilities in southwestern Japan, informed sources said. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Temple offers reward for clues to stolen Buddha image

FUKUOKA, Japan - A statue of Yakushi Nyorai or medicine Buddha is shown in this file photo taken in December 2009. Supporters of Myoryuzan Yakushido, a Buddhist temple in Nakama, Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, announced a decision on Dec. 24, 2014, to pay a cash reward of 2 million yen for key information leading to the discovery of the statue stolen in 2010. (Kyodo)

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Stolen Tsushima statue ordered to be released to S. Korean temple

Wonu, chief monk of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Daejeon District Court on Jan. 26, 2017, before the court approved a request by the temple to take delivery of an ancient Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012. The temple has claimed rightful ownership of the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, saying it was made there in the 14th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Stolen Tsushima statue ordered to be released to S. Korean temple

Wonu (2nd from R), chief monk of Buseoksa temple in Seosan, South Korea, speaks to reporters at the Daejeon District Court on Jan. 26, 2017, after the court approved a request by the temple to take delivery of an ancient Buddhist statue stolen from a Japanese temple in 2012. The temple has claimed rightful ownership of the statue of the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, saying it was made there in the 14th century. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo