The Sengoku (Warring States) period (1467–1600) defined the land of the rising sun. Everything associated with classic Japan—legendary samurai, heroes, ninja assassins and epic battles—happened during ...

Here’s one indication of how important Japanese feel the upcoming parliamentary elections are to the future of their country: Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is being likened in the national press to ...

Oda Nobunaga was born in 1534, in the middle of the Warring States period (1467–1568). The Ashikaga clan had established the Muromachi shogunate in 1338, but its control in the east of the country ...

立花左近 [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)] Even people who don't study Japanese history have heard of the famous battle of Okehazama ...