During the Meiji Restoration, Japan underwent rapid modernization that transformed its military and government. The ...

The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

The show, titled "Samurai," dismantles the popular, singular image of the samurai as merely warriors, presenting a nuanced ...