“Not only is samurai armor strong but it is a symbol of timeless beauty,” said Katsuyo Goto, fifth-generation owner of the over 120-year-old samurai armor factory “Koujin,” in Sumida Ward, Tokyo, and ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of ...

In 2015, an unusual discovery was made in Malta’s capital city, Valletta: forgotten samurai armor from Japan. This find kicked off a period of painstaking restoration resulting in the armor’s ...

TOKYO -- With the 2025 World Expo in Osaka attracting visitors from abroad to Japan, local governments and tourism businesses across western parts of the country are using this opportunity to ...

Twenty years later, another female assassin got her own version of a Japanese swordcrafting story, in Amber Noizumi and ...

a paper armor craft activity, and a samurai demonstration. Performers and guest speakers will travel from Seattle, Wyoming, and Japan. Nao Fukumoto, the Japan Outreach Initiative (JOI) Coordinator ...

Japan's known for its futuristic cities (even those that aren't Kyoto and Tokyo), but its history, particularly when it comes ...

A highlight is samurai armor taken to Malta by a Japanese delegation in the late Edo period (1603–1868). The First Japanese embassy to Europe, which included Keiō University’s founder ...

The auction will comprise art, sculptures, bronzes, marble, Asian antiquities, estate jewelry, sterling, Japanese samurai armor, Persian rugs and more. Clarke Auction Gallery billed its February 6 ...

Palanga Amber Museum of the LNMA invites all fans of Japanese culture and art to see a rare display of decorative art Samurai Treasures: Artistic Elements of Japanese Swords and Miniature Sculpture ...

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Calle, Director of WCS's Zoological Health Program (bottom), examine Fubo's MRI image on the mobile unit's control room monitor.