The company rolling out Assassin's Creed says, "The story we are telling is historical fiction" but it has created a giant controversy over its samurai hero.
Editor Michael Maxwell explains the rigorous process of translating "Hagakure" to reach a wide audience while ensuring fidelity to the original text.
Editor Michael Maxwell says modern readers have much to learn from Yamamoto Tsunetomo's "Hagakure," an 18th-century guide on the honorable way of the warrior.
"Shogun" is not just a slickly-made exotic historical drama. It tells a powerful story about Japan and the West that is to a significant degree based...
Learn swordsmanship, uncover the secrets of the ninja, and delve into Japan's legendary past at the Samurai Ninja Museum in Tokyo.
Legends of the Japanese samurai era are on full display through February 24 in the Sumida Hokusai Museum's latest exhibit titled Hokusai and the Samurai World.
The last time a planetary eclipse lined up with a lunar eclipse was in 1580, when the legendary Oda Nobunaga was vying with samurai rivals for...
Did the actions of one Japanese swordsman set in motion Tsar Nicholas' revenge, leading to the Russo-Japanese war and even World War I?
In Sekigahara, visitors are invited to experience the Sengoku period. Feel what it was like by wearing samurai armor, and check out other attractions.
America’s promise to protect Japan from communist aggression is being put to serious test. The men of the postwar have squandered all their tomorrows waiting for...
“Through the ninja, I would be happy if I can help people around the world to harness the Japanese way of thinking so that society can...
The last film in the Rurouni Kenshin saga looks into the story behind the cross-shaped scar on the cheek of Himura Kenshin. To the fans, I...