If you’re a sword lover, especially of the elegant, delicately curved "nihonto" (literally: “Japanese sword”), then this one’s for you. A new 60-minute film titled "Japanese Swords ~The World of ...

SEKI, Gifu -- An annual New Year's traditional Japanese sword forging ceremony was held on Jan. 2 in this central Japan city, known as a cutlery production center. At the forge in the Seki Kaji Densho ...

Situated in a nondescript yet picturesque spot in Kyotongo City in Japan’s coastal region of Tango, is a forge or smithy that makes traditional katana by hand. These are the kinds of swords that were ...

For centuries, Japan’s warrior class revered the Japanese sword as the “soul of the samurai” and symbol of their dominant place in society. The Meiji Restoration of 1868, though, removed the samurai ...

Participants in a two-day Japanese sword forging course at NAIT will have the rare opportunity to learn from the only native-born Japanese swordsmith to ever teach students outside of Japan. Taro ...

In Edward Wilks’ store sits an authentic Samurai sword used by a Japanese soldier who tried to behead a U.S. Marine. The sword, forged from Japanese steel circa 1941, has been in his Rifle pawn shop, ...

From anime fans to martial artists, demand for Japanese swords has never been higher — here's how to navigate the market and ...

The film "Kill · Bill" is a story that the main character and a former killer Beatrix · Kidoo was brought up in the building, the boss of the organization that belonged to, and the Japanese sword is ...