Archaeologists working in Japan have unearthed a massively oversized sword in a 1,600-year-old burial site, leading researchers to believe that the unwieldy weapon was buried with the deceased to ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an oversized ceremonial iron sword and a bronze mirror shaped like a shield from a 1,600-year-old burial mound in Nara, Japan. When you purchase through links on our ...

Brookfield knife sharpener Alena Joling was selected as one of 12 people to visit the world's oldest knifemaking factory, Kikuichi Cutlery, in Nara, Japan.

This dako sword, measuring 2.37 meters long and 6 centimeters wide, is the oldest of its kind in Japan and the largest iron blade found in East Asia from the Kofun period (about third to seventh ...