The ancient artifacts include flat throwing stones that may have been precursors of the throwing star and a spiky weapon made of clay aimed at injuring the feet of enemies and horses.

Weapons found in two castles in Japan could be ninja weapons, with some of the weapons possibly being the forerunners to the throwing star. Here, a hand-colored illustration of mid-18th century ...

Using weapons such as shuriken, a sharpened star-shaped projectile, and the fukiya blowpipe, ... Japan's last ninja grandmaster, according to the Iga-ryu ninja museum. However, ...

The ninja is one of Japan’s oldest and most mysterious professions. ... They were skilled assassins, using weapons like the shuriken, or ninja star, to take out their targets.

OSAKA--A Japanese man in ninja attire was calling out in perfect English to passers-by at the Japan Expo venue here in late April. Tsuyoshi Ashihara was hawking “shuriken” throwing stars and ...

The ancient artifacts include flat throwing stones that may have been precursors of the throwing star and a spiky weapon made of clay aimed at injuring the feet of enemies and horses.

But when Akihiro Iwata came across them in 2019, the Japanese archeologist and curator was sure he’d made a “ground-breaking discovery.” He was convinced he’d found very early ninja ...