This suit of armor bears the crest of the powerful Ikeda family ... Photo: Brad Flowers For nearly 700 years, samurai were Japan’s social elite, skilled not only in combat but also in politics ...

President Trump is transforming the White House with lavish gold décor, from portraits to Oval Office carvings, reflecting ...

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Japanese samurai and soldiers from the Mogul empire ... pagoda spires rising on a low crest beside the Kaladan River. Wouter Schouten, a Dutch physician, enjoyed a similar view when he arrived ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found ... The oldest known flower bed in Japan (left) and another garden (right) were part of the Asakura family’s estates. A painting depicts ...

Tokyo Station, November 4th 1921. 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 worked to become the first commoner ...

The samurai belonged to the intellectual elite of Japanese society and practiced creative disciplines like calligraphy and poetry that often contrasted with the violent nature of battle.

The monarchy holds no political power under Japan's post-war Constitution, instead acting as symbolic figureheads. Although the family remains deeply adored and respected, especially among older ...

Many small businesses in Japan face the issue of finding a successor ... The most common reason for those who had no intention of carrying on the family business, with 51.3%, was that they ...