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

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

Japan's known for its futuristic cities (even those that aren't Kyoto and Tokyo), but its history, particularly when it comes ...

Opening in the modern day and ending (not counting the epilogue) in the Edo period, the story follows two people named Tamaki and Amane through different lives. Whether they're two Meiji Era ...

See castle ruins dating back to the Edo Period (1603 – 1868), the Otemon Gate, and native seasonal flowers. Learn about ...

Likewise, we’re also doing a much bigger deep dive into Netflix’s upcoming movie slate here Last Samurai Standing – November 15th – Japanese period drama action title set during the Meiji period.

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

The official Disney manga Stitch and the Samurai is available in a 564-page omnibus edition.

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: ...

“If this is your first time being poor, I’m Kiki, and I’m trying to make it affordable to eat by using depression, recession, and wartime recipes,” says TikTok creator Kiki Rough in a ...