Among Japan's famous martial arts there lies one that has remained almost unheard of in the West. Kyudo, the martial art used ...

The covert warrior of feudal Japan, a favorite subject of movies ... and comprehensive texts on the practices of the ninja. Yamada: Ninja arts were mostly passed down in secret from master to ...

Introducing himself as the last ninja, he held demonstrations throughout Japan and researched ninja arts. Going over footage of Fujita, we discuss the principles he taught. The second is Kawakami ...

KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--Like the furtive ninja groups it hosted in feudal times, this city in western Japan still has secrets to spill. In this latest instance, researchers discovered the first ...

to promote the cities and the ancient Japanese martial arts practitioners, and to please ninja fans. Seventy-four people from east Japan's Utsunomiya to west Japan's Hyogo and Tokushima ...