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 ...

In 1582, the first Japanese diplomatic mission bound for Europe set off from Nagasaki. Conceived of by Jesuit missionaries, the Tenshō embassy was composed of four young Japanese noblemen who over the ...

Playing as a samurai is objectively cool. Commanding whole armies of samurai? I’d argue is even cooler. That’s what’s on offer when playing Creative Assembly’s Total War 2: Shogun 2. Like the OG ...

In the early 1600s, an English sailor named William Adams was shipwrecked in Japan. Instead of meeting the fate of most foreigners at the time, Adams earned the trust of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the powerful ...

Netflix has announced that production is underway on Season 2 of Blue Eye Samurai and released a new featurette at Anime NYC 2025 to mark the occasion. In the video, co-creators Amber Noizumi and ...

Former NFL legend Tom Brady shared a YouTube video on Friday in which he purchased his own rookie trading card from Mint Shibuya in Japan. "Brady has excellent arm strength. He can really get the pass ...

Hiromatsu as referred to in the Shogun TV show is based on the real life of Hosokawa Fujitaka a Samurai daimyo during the sengoku period, the time in Japanese history in which civil wars and social ...

Prime Video released a parody of a MasterClass on its YouTube channel called “SuperClass,” featuring Bourke giving tips to actors looking to find a role that lands them in awards consideration. It’s ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

Shogun was not meant to be an ongoing series, but score enough Emmy wins and grab sky-high ratings for your network, and plans can change. The problem is after spending most of a decade attempting to ...