"I mean, do you know how to put on a samurai suit?" Bellator matchmaker Mike Kogan said, explaining the need for Kato's presence. JAPAN'S COMBAT COUNTDOWN to the new year started around noon ...

and the suit—including the bear-fur shoes—dates to the 18th. The Ann & Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Museum, Dallas. Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite ...

Katsunao Kamo’s training as an armorer helped him suit up properly for his role as a gunja, a samurai who aids the chief of staff and vice chief of staff. Kamo, now deceased, also managed the ...

Ronnie Colwell's suit of armour was created by the tailors to the Japanese royal family A suit of samurai armour has been installed at the Museum of Liverpool which belonged not to some fearsome ...