Chris O'Neill is a ninja. Really. A Japanese tourism board just hired 29-year-old O'Neill to perform with six other ninjas, both in the country and abroad, to promote the Aichi region. O'Neill is the ...

Netflix announces production of upcoming Japanese series “House of Ninjas,” set for release in 2024. Ninjas are the legendary Japanese heroes of the shadows, known for their ambush attacks and ...

ODAWARA, Japan, Nov. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Odawara, Japan, once home to the famed Fuma Ninja clan, will be hosting online ninja training courses hosted by a famed ninjutsu practitioner, Hiroshi ...

Yosuke Hayashi is excited about the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. "I want to go see the Olympics in person but getting the tickets is just so hard," he tells me while balling his fists in front of ...

The flattened stones and spiky clay balls had languished in two Japanese museum collections for decades. But when Akihiro Iwata came across them in 2019, the Japanese archeologist and curator was sure ...

Tomonobu Itagaki, the legendary Japanese game designer behind the iconic Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive series, has passed ...

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Ninjas were, originally, mercenary agents in feudal Japan. Now, well, the idea of the “ninja” has gotten more nebulous in popular culture. Many a character has been called a ninja that some dude in ...

Tomonobu Itagaki, the renowned Japanese video game designer behind iconic titles like Ninja Gaiden and the Dead or Alive ...

A ninja museum in central Japan had some stealthy visitors this week – thieves who broke in and stole more than a million yen ($9,470) in the middle of the night. The Iga-ryu Ninja Museum, located in ...