Yasuke is a groundbreaking new anime that fuses fact and fiction. The six-episode original series streaming on Netflix now is the brainchild of comic artist and animation director LeSean Thomas ...

In the 1570s, a 6-foot-tall Black man referred to as Yasuke arrived in Japan, quickly drawing the attention of legendary leader Oda Nobunaga. The two became friends, and as the story goes—actual ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Fact is never as sexy as fiction. That's painfully obvious when comparing the in-game looks of some of Japan's most famous samurai to their real world ...

With “Ghosts of Yotei” and “Assassin’s Creed: Shadows” set for wide release in 2025, it looks as though feudal Japan is going to be on a lot of gamers’ minds this year. And with good reason: From “Way ...

There is a a to of curiosity among the MMA fan base about Prochazka's credentials as a samurai. Is Jiri Prochazka a real samurai? It is worth noting that the chances of him having any sort of samurai ...

Accounting for one quarter of the tent-pole exclusives that Sony showed off during its E3 2018 conference, it’s fair to say that Ghost of Tsushima was something of an unknown quantity going into this ...

For years now Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai has been ranked as one of the best movies ever made, and is usually considered one of the finest achievement in cinema. In the most recent Sight and Sound ...

TOKYO - Lead Real Estate Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:LRE), a prominent developer of luxury residential properties in Japan, has announced a significant business alliance with Tokyo-based Samurai Capital Co., ...