Japan The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan The three samurai who unified Medieval Japan This shogun outwitted and outlasted his rivals to rule Japan This shogun outwitted and outlasted his ...

“There are many legends of bakeneko (monster cats) in Japan. Even long ago, people must have felt that cats are not only cute ...

One recent rumor indicates that Ubisoft will be stepping up Assassin's Creed's release schedule in coming years to a ...

(These three samurai unified Medieval Japan.) Upon their meeting, Nobunaga famously scrutinized Yasuke’s skin, initially believing it to be painted black. Convinced this was the case, Nobunaga ...

EXCLUSIVE: Hiro Murai, one of today’s most influential and in demand directors of television and music videos, has found his ...

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Assassin's Creed Shadows will reportedly double-down on a long-running franchise trend, which just might work out for the ...

you get a lesson in court etiquette and status in feudal Japan. Visitors would have been welcomed at a thatched entrance, then led by rooms decorated with menacing images of tigers—a reminder ...

Japanese history reveals that Hi-Nin ( ()) were an outcast group during the Edo Period. It is directly translated to "non-human" as "Hinin". In Hinin, people were forced to engage in activities that ...

Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. The new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Shadows has dropped and this time it’s set in feudal Japan, but some Japanese gamers are ...

KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--A European-style rapier owned by a feudal-era warlord was actually forged in Japan, but who commissioned the production and what was used as the model remain unclear ...