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

On the rural islands of Nagasaki, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time ...

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

On June 7, 1991, firefighters battled a stubborn fire at the Gasho of Japan on Saw Mill River Road in Hawthorne. Gasho, a hibachi-style restaurant built to look like a 16th-century samurai farmhouse, ...

John Westbrooke views a British Museum exhibition of “pictures of the floating world” Looking at Utagawa Hiroshige’s work, ...

Samurai fashion is in, so are samurai tattoos. New York tattoo artist Sumok Kim, who works at Chronic Ink, has seen a surge ...

The Urakami Cathedral is seen in Nagasaki, southern Japan, Saturday, April 26, 2025. The Urakami Cathedral is seen in ...

Tokyo X, one of Houston's premiere celebrations of Japanese culture, returns to NRG Center for two days in June, promising, ...

A new exhibition dedicated to Hiroshige at the British Museum introduces visitors to the full depth and complexity of his ...

Hachimura often spends his summers doing something related to his home nation of Japan. Last summer, he represented Team Japan at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. His Japan national men’s team ...