Star and action choreographer Junichi Okada is promising an even "more energetic and action-packed” batch of episodes, after ...

Learn about Sakamoto Ryoma, including his life, legacy and real-life locations connected to his role in modern Japan.

Netflix announced the renewal of the Japanese period action series Last Samurai Standing. The streaming giant gave the green ...

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 is heading back to feudal-era Japan. The streaming service has officially renewed Last Samurai Standing for Season 2, following the series’ explosive debut and rapid rise as a global hit. The ...

The movie’s protagonist is not seen but instead heard as he and his samurai brethren slaughter the crew of a Korean ship. Yes ...

The silhouette of the Samurai, often cloaked in shadow, has captivated imaginations for centuries. While their iconic armor and katana evoke tales of honor and war, these legendary warriors largely ...

Everything is not what it seems in Everett Kennedy Brown’s captivating photographic series on Japan’s samurai. While Brown’s photographs look like artifacts from the warriors’ feudal-period heyday, ...

A 17th century Catholic Samurai and martyr was beatified during a Mass in ‎Osaka, Japan on Tuesday. Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Vatican's ‎Congregation for the Causes of Saints, presided ...