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

The word ‘samurai’ evokes the image of a noble warrior in medieval Japan, armed with two types of sword, and bound to a moral code underpinned by the values of honour, loyalty and sacrifice. The word ...

What better scenario, then, than the Japanese civil war (1477-1600), where samurai and ninjas (known as shinobi) were fighting each other? Yet when the premiere trailer for Assassin’s Creed ...

Just show up and explore. New this year: General admission to the Flying Heritage & Combat Armor Museum in Everett is free for all of 2025. Parking is free, too. This is an all-indoor activity ...

Melbourne’s Hellenic Museum has just added a stunning centerpiece to its Heroes ... Crafted with the repoussé technique, the armor blends function and artistry. The helmet boasts serpent-tipped plume ...

Where to find the Protector's Armor in Assassin's Creed Shadows You don't have to look that hard, honestly. The Protector's Armor is found in a chest in the tenshu of Nijo Palace in the city of Kyoto.

Yet despite our enduring fascination with these “living tanks,” as armor-bearing dinosaurs have been described, many details of their anatomy—including the composition and even the functions ...

Thus, Aegis Armor was born, a low-cost protective device designed to shield farmers in agricultural regions from snakebites. Unlike existing solutions that cost over $50, which can be nearly half ...

“A Samurai in Time” capped its against-all-odds success story Friday at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony, where it received the award for best film. A true Cinderella ...

Using a katana in place of a bat, Suzuki showed off the sheer sharpness and power of the sword traditionally used by samurai, effortlessly slicing balls in half as they were pitched to him.

Seiya Suzuki took a samurai sword and did some batting practice with it. I personally thought the sword would simply deflect said baseballs. But NOPE! It sliced them right in half. It felt like ...

Literally. Ahead of next week’s Tokyo Series, the native of Japan stepped into the right-handed batter’s box wielding not a baseball bat but a SAMURAI SWORD -- and what came next was exactly what ...