For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made them legends across the world. A group of the fighting elite, trained in ...

Starting in the late 12th century, Japan evolved into a feudal realm. While the emperor was the named head of state, military commanders known as shoguns were the de facto rulers.

NAGOYA--Instead of hurling "shuriken" stars or vanishing into thin air, ninja missions in Tottori province in the Edo Period ...

Japanese, Kamakura Period, second half of the thirteenth century Handscroll; ink and color on paper 41.3 x 699.7 cm (16¼ x 275½ in.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Fenollosa-Weld Collection, 11.4000 ...

It was Mayberry transformed into a Kurosawa movie. Smiling Japanese grannies in smocks sold fruits and vegetables out of wooden boxes along a mountain path, while unmanned kiosks had merely change ...

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Madrid, Mar 18 (EFE).- The “Assassin’s Creed” franchise, one of the best-selling in video game history, with over 230 million copies sold worldwide, is finally delving into feudal Japan with ...

"The Tale of Genji," often called Japan's first novel, was written 1,000 years ago. Yet it still occupies a powerful place in the Japanese imagination. A popular TV drama, "Dear Radiance ...