It’s the cutting edge of comedy! Swords will flash as demons and samurai do battle at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this weekend. As part of the 36th annual Sakura Matsuri festival of Japanese culture ...

Samurai swords are reputed to be among the best ever produced, a fact attested to by the practice of testing the swords on human cadavers, usually those of condemned criminals. My question is, just ...

While everyone is fascinated by Japan’s legendary warriors, much of what we think we know about them is more myth than reality. Luckily, the truth is even more amazing, as the exhibition reveals, ...