In his seemingly endless quest to not finish The Winds of Winter, Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has a new project ...

Twenty years later, another female assassin got her own version of a Japanese swordcrafting story, in Amber Noizumi and ...

Samurai’s Destiny that I genuinely did not think I’d be able to get through. Not due to any intended challenge or a jarring ...

Japan's known for its futuristic cities (even those that aren't Kyoto and Tokyo), but its history, particularly when it comes ...

It has been hailed as one of the most influential films ever by one of the world's most and ranked as the fourth best film in ...

The samurai, Japan’s celebrated lineage of warriors, emerged in the Heian period (794-1185), when the rise of their status enabled them to mingle with the refined nobility living in the then ...

The remains of the “rainbow dragon” are said to have been discovered by a legendary samurai warrior in 1429. Yoshinori Ashikaga uncovered the mystical beast during a visit to Nara’s Todaiji ...

A boy of noble blood began the path at just seven years old. From page to squire, he trained for over a decade—until the sword was his, and the title earned. This is how a knight was forged ...

The most recent of the battles was a Samurai one from the 16th Century set up across a lovely-looking battlefield. The rules that they are using for this battle report are called Gleaming Katanas by ...

Lee Cantrell a young San Francisco attorney by day at night becomes a samurai warrior and battles a crazed multimillionaire who is planning to destroy the city with ...