Netflix is developing an exciting new battle royale drama from Japan, Last Samurai Standing. The show will premiere on Netflix in 2025, and actor Junichi Okada will produce and choreograph it. Here’s ...

Netflix’s Yasuke will tell the tale of the real-life legend of an African man brought to feudal Japan under enslavement who became the country’s first non-Japanese samurai. Whereas 2021’s Yasuke anime ...

Like many places in Japan, the city of Matsue is proud of its local history, and also like many places in Japan, that local history involves samurai. Matsue is the prefectural capital of Shimane and ...

In 1867, five Japanese students took a long sea voyage to Massachusetts for some advanced schooling. The group included a 13-year-old named Eiichirō Honma, who was from one of the samurai families ...

Japanese women enjoy more freedom, receive better healthcare, have easier access to education, and broader job opportunities compared to previous generations. Yet, traditional gender roles and ...

An outlandish contest daring participants to impersonate Japanese samurai writhing in pain after ‘seppuku’ -- ritual suicide ... event was slated to take place next month in the western Japanese city ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s victory has revived the accusation that he is a fascist. Some even fear that he will try to make himself dictator for life. That notion misunderstands the danger ...

That ethos is certainly evident in a new limited-edition backpack produced by Murase Kabanko, a Japanese bag manufacturer that’s been in business since ... Leather scraps that would otherwise go to ...

Shigeru Ishiba was formally reelected as Japan's prime minister on Monday after a rare runoff vote in parliament that his ruling coalition no longer controls, setting the stage for a minority ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Lawmakers applaud as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, standing, was elected for a new prime minister ...

an hour-long drama delving deep into samurai culture and the feudal politics of early 17th-century Japan. The winner of 18 Emmys, that show made history earlier this fall as the first Japanese ...

By Motoko Rich and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Tokyo Despite leading his party to big losses in a snap general election last month, Shigeru Ishiba, the prime minister of Japan, won a vote in ...