For almost 700 years, these disciplined warriors were respected and feared in Japan, and they carved out a path that made them legends across the world. A group of the fighting elite, trained in ...

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“The Tale of Genji,” often called Japan’s first novel, was written 1,000 years ago.Yet it still occupies a powerful place in the Japanese imagination. A popular TV drama, “Dear Radiance ...