In total, 31 Japanese swords of various styles line an exhibition room at the museum. Some of them are as valuable as government-designated important cultural properties, officials said.

Japanese swords have always been more than just weapons, they were artworks, status symbols, and throughout history had a huge spiritual importance. Each sword is a unique artwork, and one that is ...

Japanese swords are called "metal made art." The once lost techniques used to make them prior to the 16th century are now on the verge of rediscovery. Ancient swords such as this tachi displayed ...

“It was over 7,000 weapons total, including knives, swords, polearms. The whole kit and caboodle.” On the occasion of Cool Sword Day ... it the gently curving Japanese katana.

Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki stepped into the batting cage recently to take some cuts. Literally. Ahead of next week’s Tokyo ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... it into a trough of water in a rapid cool-down process called "quenching." ...

If it was up to Joe Burrow’s teammates, his gift to them may have been a little bit different than the authentic Japanese Katana ... ‘what’s a cool weapon? Samurai swords, I think, are ...