Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades ...

Awed by the West's military prowess, the Japanese went on to modernize their forces and did away with many of the samurai's special rights. Thus, the sword-slashing warrior of yore abandoned his ...

Umeki was on Jeju Island off the southern coast of the Korean Peninsula when Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945. The U.S. military confiscated his sword. Cursor found the sword among seized ...

SETOUCHI, Okayama Prefecture--Craftspeople here restoring a Japanese sword for Aung San Suu Kyi have not heard from her representatives since her arrest in a coup staged by the Myanmar military.