A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

Legend has it that death threats from disgruntled samurai warriors were behind Japan’s first cricket match in 1863 and the ...

Legend has it that death threats from disgruntled samurai warriors were behind Japan's first cricket match in 1863 and the ...

It can take more than a year to make a single razor-sharp katana. In Japan, business is booming for the few remaining smiths ...

Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada, two stars of the hit series “Shogun,” discuss history, acting and what they’d bring to the ...

On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of ...

In an intimate and candid discussion at this year’s Annecy Animation Festival, the biggest names behind some of television’s ...

From The Legend of the Drunken Master to Enter the Dragon, the best Kung Fu movies keep audiences on the edge of their seats.

Samurai wives were also expected to defend their homes if the men fell ... Their stories remind us that in every patriarchal society, there are women who pick up the sword—literally or ...

One Piece has several scenes that are misunderstood or hated at first glance, but reveal depth when you look closer.

Stars of 'Harvey Milk Imagined' shine amid take too tragic for Pride month, 'Pacific Overtures' tries to resuscitate a ...

The Women’s prize was founded in 1991 in bold riposte to the year’s all-male Booker prize shortlist. It’s funny to think how male-dominated the industry once was when you look at it now. There has ...