The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ("jewel steel"). Over three days and three nights, smelters using ancient techniques shovel ...

A wakizashi is shorter than a katana—another type of Japanese sword ... and isolated the country from the rest of the world.

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

Rapper Sage the Gemini took to his Instagram to address the r*pe allegations made by a woman named Hana Katana. The latter claimed on TikTok that she was s*xually assaulted by the rapper at a ...

A katana that was collecting dust in the Slumber Dojo. It is said to be so sharp it can cut through anything. The Heirloom Katana is on display at the Slumber Dojo in Kakariko Village when you ...

Clad in traditional armor and wielding a katana, this stoic warrior represents the end of a feudal system that had long defined Japan. As the country approached the Meiji Restoration, this image ...

Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...

The Japanese arm of an advisory body to UNESCO has called on the Tokyo metropolitan government to review a redevelopment project for the scenic Meiji Jingu Gaien district on grounds it could ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations ...

The 1998 Suziki GSX 750 F Katana has, at its heart, an air-cooled, four-stroke, 748cc, transverse four cylinder powerplant paired to a six-speed manual transmission, and can produce a claimed 92 ...