Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blade maker Akihira Kawasaki in his workshop in Misato, Saitama prefecture (Yuichi YAMAZAKI) (Yuichi YAMAZAKI/AFP/AFP) Sparks ...

Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill the hearts of any foe with terror, Japan's famous samurai warriors also had ...

Fittingly, The Japan Sword Museum sits amid the Kyu Yasuda Garden, a public park that once belonged to an 18th-century Samurai estate. Famous warriors during the country’s pre-Modern era, Samurai were ...

A centuries-old samurai sword taken from Japan at the end of World War II by a Minnesota Army veteran is returning home. Sam Traxler and his girlfriend will return the sword this month to descendants ...

Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.

MISATO, Japan – Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki, as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel and showcases a millennium-old craft now enjoying a ...

Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence in popularity.

Despite the rapidly greying, shrinking population of blademakers in Japan, their fine steel swords known as katana are amassing a new generation of fans, particularly younger women, on the back of pop ...