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 ...

The Forge is an action RPG on Roblox in which you enter a cave to collect different ores and then use them to craft armor pieces and weapons. For crafting each piece of equipment, you must play a ...

December 9, 2025: Refreshed the list of The Forge recipes for the December 9 update. What are the best The Forge armor recipes? While we'll never be able to craft a complete list, given just how many ...

A museum packed with samurai weapons and armor stands near the iconic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a short drive from the Marine Corps air station in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. The Kashiwabara ...

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 ...

Last Samurai Standing has now landed on Netflix, a six-episode series which takes place in the post-samurai era in Japan, where 292 fallen samurai find themselves lured into a game of survival, where ...

Surrounded by uniformed snipers, a crowd of contestants gather at a secret location. Soon they will be forced to fight to the death, spurred on by the slim chance of winning a colossal cash prize.

Junichi Okada stars, produces and did the action choreography on this six-part series about a nefarious game pitting samurai against each other in 19th-century Japan. By Daniel Fienberg Chief ...

The Undying Samurai is an Ishikari Plain Myth in Ghost of Yotei. This Myth tells the tale of a samurai trapped inside a cursed set of armor, forced to wander Ishikari Plain until someone strikes him ...

The Ghost of Yotei undying armor is a powerful piece of gear you can get early in Ishikari Plain, if you find and defeat the Samurai wearing it. It's not hard to get, despite some bears and boss ...

Many of us develop strong attachments to particular colors, but purple brings out the most focused and enthusiastic devotion. What makes purple so distinctive? Part of the answer comes from optics.