In Kyoto’s streets, political chaos turned samurai against samurai. The Shinsengumi rose to power in a time of rebellion and bloodshed.

Many first-time visitors head to the former capital, but try peaceful Yamaguchi for seasonal cherry blossom, temples and tea ...

Tokyo: A Japanese lawmaker on Wednesday slammed the latest video game in the hit Assassin s Creed series, complaining that a ...

One gameplay video shows a character firing a bow towards priests and destroying an altar. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The Assassin’s Creed series of video games is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with ...

After years of bitter strife, the aging samurai lord Tokugawa Ieyasu finally ... Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious enough to fit the bill. Unlike other noble homes of the ...

Naoe and Yasuke take on the entire Takahashi family in The Twisted Tree. At the behest of the monk Ujimasa in Assassin’s ...