When we think of samurai, the image of a male warrior clad in impressive armor comes to mind. However, Japan’s history includes a group of remarkable women warriors known as onna-bugeisha (female ...

A new streaming series centered on Kerala’s ancient martial art Kalaripayattu is being developed by director Abhilash Vijayan ...

Shiraishi Kazuya’s brutal Boshin War period piece about a group of death-row criminals recruited to defend a dilapidated fortress challenges the notion of the noble samurai.

After living in Tokyo for over a decade, I’ve come to appreciate the quieter side of Japan. Recently, I discovered Fukui ...

Like many places in Japan, the city of Matsue is proud of its local history, and also like many places in Japan, that local history involves samurai. Matsue is the prefectural capital of Shimane and ...

In 1867, five Japanese students took a long sea voyage to Massachusetts for some advanced schooling. The group included a 13-year-old named Eiichirō Honma, who was from one of the samurai families ...

So, when RZA decided to move onto making movie soundtracks, the Jim Jarmusch film, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai was a match ... In the film, there are different clans (You see?) ...

An outlandish contest daring participants to impersonate Japanese samurai writhing in pain after ‘seppuku’ -- ritual suicide -- has been called off in Japan after criticism that it was in poor taste.

Samurai swords, also known as katana, hold a special place in the history and culture of Japan. Step into the world of the samurai swords, where honor, discipline, and the art of the sword converge, ...

That ethos is certainly evident in a new limited-edition backpack produced by Murase Kabanko, a Japanese bag manufacturer that’s been in business since ... Leather scraps that would otherwise go to ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lawmakers applaud as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, standing, was elected for a new prime minister ...

Throughout the Muromachi period, members of the clan were appointed as shugo (provincial governors) and would also regularly hold sway over the post Kantō Kanrei (shogun's deputy in Kantō). Through ...