In feudal Japan, the Onna-Bugeisha were fierce female warriors who defied gender norms to fight alongside samurai. Trained in combat and honor-bound like their male counterparts, they defended castles ...

Yoshimune, the shogun who saved the city of Edo. Through disaster and economic strife, alongside its people, his wisdom shaped the future of the place now called Tokyo.

Japanese summers are unbearably hot, and one of the ways to deal with the heat is with an uchiwa, a flat handheld fan that’s been used here for over a thousand years. Now, Studio Ghibli is keeping the ...