often seen in popular movies and games about pre-modern Japan, are only loosely based on reality. In fact, many different types of people helped shape the medieval period. Over 400 years, from the ...

This “Eastward Expedition” traditionally marks the beginning of Japan as a nation, and Jinmu is revered as the legendary first tennō, or emperor, of Japan. The Komamiya shrine in Nichinan ...

Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s ... which had been home to the emperor of Japan and the imperial court since a.d ...

In the rest of the world — where Korean restaurants, music and film have transformed popular culture — the discovery of ...

OXFORD, England--Japan's Emperor Naruhito and his wife took a trip down memory lane on Friday, the final day of their week-long stay in Britain, with a visit to the medieval university city of ...