The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

Walk Japan, a tour company known for its “off-the-beaten-path” routes through Japan, leads a remarkable 11-day, 10-night ...

Jin Minakata is a surgeon in present-day Tokyo. In a few minutes, he finds himself surrounded in a wooded area by “samurai” ...

In feudal Japan, the Onna-Bugeisha were fierce female warriors who defied gender norms to fight alongside samurai. Trained in ...

Kendo is more than a sport, it is a way of life. Practitioners must learn how to control their emotions, remain calm under ...

Check out the Announcement Trailer for Sick Samurai, a top-down action instant death game developed by Solideo. Players will fight through hand-crafted levels, each offering multiple paths and ...

Twenty years later, another female assassin got her own version of a Japanese swordcrafting story, in Amber Noizumi and ...

‘Shōgun’ actors Yuki Kedoin (left) and Haruno Niiyama clash in a Tate (sword performance) fight on the lawn outside Capilano University in North Vancouver on Wednesday, May 21. | Nick Laba / North ...

Ghost of Yotei will take place hundreds of years after Ghost of Tsushima, but Sucker Punch could make an unexpected turn for ...

I have a thing for ferries. Not the stomach-churning Devon to France crossings as a kid in the UK, bunged in the back of a ...