Yoshinobu’s army was huge — 15,000 troops — but most were outdated vassal levies with pikes, not rifles. The restorationists brought Armstrong guns, modern infantry, and an emperor-backed ultimatum: ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

Netflix’s “Last Samurai Standing” is a TV lover’s fever dream: Take the violent survival games and critiques of capitalism of “Squid Game,” but set them in an era of Japan similar to that of the ...

After finishing Netflix’s latest battle-royale series, Last Samurai Standing, fans were left hanging with plenty of cliffhangers. Netflix hasn’t yet green-lit another season, but how is it looking so ...

In the heart of the nation's capital, in a courthouse of the U.S. government, one man will stop at nothing to keep his honor, and one will stop at nothing to find the truth.