The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word saburau, meaning "to serve," and was first used in A.D. 702 to describe mid-to-low-ranking court administrators and, later, armed imperial guards.

From Drifters and Brave 10 to Samurai Champloo and Gintama, there's no shortage of exciting samurai anime to be enjoyed.

for those looking for the more subtle tones of dialogue and drama within the culture, this one is undoubtedly worth a watch. In 18th-century Japan, a group of samurai is left leaderless after ...

More about the life of Musashi and other samurai can be discovered at Shimada Museum of Arts, which houses exhibits on the history of Kumamoto’s warrior culture. In addition to being a sword ...

The Setouchi DMO highlights the beauty, culture, and experiences of seven prefectures surrounding the Seto Inland Sea. It ...

But the Samurai's role in Japanese culture is much more complex than that. They were deeply engaged with Zen Buddhism and Noh Theatre, and sponsored haiku poetry. After their role in Japan's ...

A Japanese lawmaker has criticised Ubisoft’s latest Assassin’s Creed instalment, ‘Shadows’, over its portrayal of a samurai ...

Ahead of the MLB's Tokyo Series between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki went to ...

As a samurai of African origin ... “The first time your culture is shown in the series features someone who’s probably not authentically Japanese, when feudal Japan was highly homogenous.” ...

“A Samurai in Time” capped its against-all-odds success story Friday at the 48th Japan Academy Film Prize ceremony, where it ...

For more than 800 years, the samurai helped to lay the foundations of Japan's culture. Their reverence for honor, duty, and service remains ingrained in Japanese society even today. Together with ...

Nagato Yumoto Onsen, with a 600-year history, is a renowned hot spring once visited by samurai. Dubbed "Osoto ... retreat steeped in Japan's hot spring culture. The Aizumicho Historical Museum ...