A ban on ninja swords in the UK came into force on 1 August after the weapons were used in a number of high-profile murders ...

Dive into the intricate and time-honored process of making Japanese knives and samurai swords, featuring the expert craftsmanship of Hirata Swordsmith, a renowned blacksmith and samurai sword ...

The samurai long sword -- or "katana" -- has a cultural resonance throughout Japan, a symbol of its history. This 13th-century samurai sword was sold by Christies New York in 1992 for $418,000.

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. Nara City Archaeological Research Center ...

The sword, he explained, was a wakizashi, the kind worn by samurai until 1876, when the government forbade people to carry them. He had found it only the week before in the bottom of his father ...

SWORDS THAT HAD SOULS; FAMOUS IN JAPANESE TRADITION, SONGS, AND STORY. THEY HAD BLADES WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN EQUALED IN ANY AGE OF THE WORLD, AND THE NATIVES ESTEEMED THEM ABOVE ALL ELSE.