Throughout its history, Spokane has had close ties to Japan.

From taking part in traditions in Asakusa to getting lost in the playground that is Shinjuku, Tokyo is truly unique.

It's easy to think about Harakiri as a critique of ancient Japan, but it's worth examining it as commentary on Japan ...

A bourgeois life in France at the onset of World War II ... samurai warlord is hired as the lord's double. When the warlord later dies the thief is forced to take up arms in his place. Kagemusha ...

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

A 43-year-old Portland man who fatally chopped his brother in the neck for damaging his beloved Japanese sword was ... bend his brother’s “prized samurai sword” into an L-shape while trying ...

He’s aware that racing around public parks on a one-wheeled electric skateboard — while picking up trash using a samurai sword — is bizarre. But look, he says, he’s helping the environment.

The sword was pulled from the attic decades ago, but a recent ceremonial cleaning revealed it was a priceless heirloom from the 12th century.