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 ...

Cat-spotting is just one playful way to explore the craft culture of one of Japan’s top woodworking towns, which has been ...

Hara Takashi is a symbol of the new Japan. He was born into a minor Samurai family and opted to be classed as a commoner. He ...

The Beginning After The End anime is available on Crunchyroll. The Beginning After The End webtoon is available on Tapas .

Oni, the monstrous demons of Japan. Dishonest and deceptive they stole women and brought misfortune to the villages of Japan. So, Emperor Ichijō sent his greatest and most pure warrior to slay ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

He feels a particular connection with oni, ogre-like creatures ... threatened to wipe out Japanese as a written language, as cited by the American anthropologist and art historian Jennifer ...

The biggest draw of this show so far is its presentation ... offers him great power in exchange for transforming him into an oni, I found myself rooting for, rather than against him, and wasn ...

Three sets of Japanese Samurai armour, originally gifted to Malta in 1862 as part of a diplomatic mission, have been restored and reassembled by expert conservators in Japan. Heritage Malta said ...