{
  "id": 9197635,
  "title": "Higan: Japan’s Buddhist Equinox Holiday",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/higan-japans-buddhist-equinox-holiday",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T21:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com",
    "slug": "nippon-com",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/guide-to-japan/cs00097/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Higan, marked twice annually in the periods around the spring and autumn equinoxes, is a Buddhist observance in which people pay respects to their ancestors, such as by visiting their graves.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}