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

For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made ...

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

Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on ...

Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics and the courtly arts. To equip these warriors in accordance with ...