To be a samurai meant position and prestige, but it could all be taken away in an instant, plunging the once-proud warrior ...

The conflict resulted in the Taira rising to power to form the first samurai-led government in the history of Japan. In 1180, the Minamoto clan resumed hostilities with the Taira in what became ...

With more women drawn to the samurai practice, Filipinas of different ages and backgrounds find focus, discipline, and a ‘more courageous version’ of themselves in this 600-year-old martial arts ...

One of the characters is based on Yasuke, a formerly enslaved black man from Mozambique, who worked for the Japanese war lord ...

The upcoming game, Assassin's Creed Shadows, plunges players into the tumultuous Sengoku length of feudal Japan. This ...

Yuya Wakamatsu is proud to represent Japanese martial arts on the global stage, banking he said on the Bushido spirit embodied by samurai warriors.

The Assassin’s Creed series of video games is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with ...