KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--A European-style rapier owned by a feudal-era warlord was actually forged in Japan, but who commissioned the production and what was used as the model remain unclear ...

Yasuke’s remarkable journey took him from Africa to the ranks of Oda Nobunaga’s forces, where he became one of Japan’s most intriguing figures.

Known as Yasuke, the man was a warrior who reached the rank of samurai under the rule of Oda Nobunaga - a powerful 16th Century Japanese feudal lord who was the first of the three unifiers of Japan.

KYOTO--A letter sealed with red wax penned by feudal warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi ... letter was written on a sheet of traditional Japanese Otaka-danshi paper measuring 62 centimeters by 44 cm.

Japan The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan This shogun outwitted and outlasted his rivals to rule Japan This shogun outwitted and outlasted his ...

Plot details for the film are being kept under wraps for the time being, but it is said to be a "high-stakes action film set ...

The FX epic series featuring the power struggle of 17th-century Japanese feudal lords and a shipwrecked ... rode into the ...

This is one person's ultimate Ireland bucket list - from the surf up North to going on a ghost hunt. What would be on your ...

Oberhaching, Germany, November 7th 2024 - Developer Superkami and publisher Toplitz Productions are excited to announce that ...

Ninjas were, originally, mercenary agents in feudal Japan. Now, well, the idea of the “ninja” has gotten more nebulous in popular culture. Many a character has been called a ninja that some ...

The Japanese provincial city of Ichijōdani was destroyed in the civil wars of the late sixteenth century but never rebuilt. Archaeological excavations have since uncovered the most detailed late ...