MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- A fashion designer in this Fukushima Prefecture city, home of the Soma Nomaoi festival featuring horsemen clad in samurai armor, has developed a face mask resembling ...

The topic of mask-wearing may have become a divisive one during the pandemic, but looking back through the annals of time reveals one group of people who staunchly supported face coverings: Samurai ...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi was a samurai badass. We have his battle armor to prove it. At one time the de facto ruler of Japan, Hideyoshi (1537-1581) was one of the most celebrated and victorious warlords of ...

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 warrior ...

With all of the hard work that went into creating a faithful and beautiful representation of feudal Japan, the developers of Ghost of Tsushima were knowledgeable enough to include some truly great ...