A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

Discover the powerful and largely untold history of Japan’s Onna-musha - female samurai warriors who stood alongside men on ...

For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made ...

In feudal Japan, the Onna-Bugeisha were fierce female warriors who defied gender norms to fight alongside samurai. Trained in ...

On Ikitsuki and other remote sections of Nagasaki prefecture, Hidden Christians still pray to these disguised objects. They ...

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On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of samurai, shoguns and martyred missionaries ...

The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles but to irrigate deserts. The right defense against false ...

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 ...

The Locomotive watch, now available as a regular production model, was named for a French slang expression meaning “driving ...