The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf ...

Hiroshige was one of Japan’s most popular print artists during the Edo period and this new exhibition shows how his visual ...

THE mystery of a 1,000-year-old mummified “dragon” stashed among the treasures of the Japanese royal family has finally been ...

The rap duo performed the opening theme song "Easy Breezy" for the Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! anime. The duo also ...

A Samurai in Time 侍タイムスリッパー is a bona fide phenomenon in its native Japan. Junichi Yasuda, whose real job is that of a rice ...

Bleach is a show that features elements of several different cultures, but Japanese culture is obviously the most prominent.

Held this year from May 16 to 18, an event to the south of Tokyo turns a historical episode of national humiliation into a ...

Akira Kurosawa is synonymous with Seven Samurai, but he made many other movies that have become just as important, from Ikiru ...

After facing online abuse over her work on the latest game in the popular Assassin’s Creed franchise, professor Sachi Schmidt ...

KYOTO -- A "yabusame," or horseback archery, ritual was held at a Shinto shrine in this ancient Japanese capital to pray for ...

Belarus and Portugal won their groups, Japan went through emphatically, Paraguay bowed out in style and a 16-year-old erupted The Paradise Arena on Matchday 5.