With the emperor restored to power, Japan’s new leadership moved quickly to modernize its military. The traditional samurai class found itself replaced by a national conscript army modeled after ...

For hundreds of years samurai roamed the lands for instilling justice and educating the population during peacetime under the patronage of their daimyo who paid them regular taxes out of their ...

Were they exceptionally honourable? How many were women? How many Christian? Did they even live by the sword? A British Museum show separates truth from myth.

As a major exhibition opens at the British Museum, our writer traces the history and heritage of Japan’s great warrior class Chris is an award-winning journalist with more than 20 years of experience ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Shadow the Ronin: The Revenge to the Samurai Dokuganryū, a legendary samurai of ancient capital imperial was deprived and expelled from their lands, and all ...