Today, some connotations have shifted and some have remained the same. Bushido evokes a bygone age of honorable samurai, but also embodies the enduring notion that Japanese have a unique set of ...

readings + video. The Bushido Code: An Overview. Bushido, which means "way of the warrior," refers to a complex set of Japanese values stressing honor and loyalty to country and family above all else.

Bushido is widely invoked in sports, with the Japanese national baseball team nicknamed ‘Samurai Japan’, and the national men’s football team called ‘Samurai Blue’.

Set in the Edo Period, “Bushido” tells the story of Kakunoshin Yanagida (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi), a former samurai warrior who was ...

When you think of the NBA, samurais and ancient Japanese codes of honor probably aren’t the first things that come to mind.

KYOTO, Japan — People who want to understand Japanese bushido (the way of samurai) are often confused by these seemingly contradictory traits: loyalty, good faith and brutal courage even in ...

“Bushido” is Japanese for “the way of the warrior,” a moral code and guiding principle in samurai culture. It is also the title of Kazuya Shiraishi’s new film in which history ...

“Bushido” is Japanese for “the way of the warrior,” a moral code and guiding principle in samurai culture. It is also the title of Kazuya Shiraishi’s new film in which history ...