Is UFC 327's Jiri Prochazka really a samurai? 9 ancient rules offer an answer

Saturday's UFC 327 headliner has long embraced a samurai identity. But how much of it actually holds up under a closer look?
BJ Penn

Two all-Japanese MMA bouts added to ONE SAMURAI 1 card on April 29 in Tokyo

Tatsumitsu Wada faces Seiichiro Ito and Kanata Nagai faces Atsuya Kanbe at ONE SAMURAI 1 on April 29 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo ...
The Sixth Axis

Samurai Warriors 5 Review

Samurai Warriors 5 isn’t just a reboot, it’s one of the best Koei Tecmo games to date. Clever refinements to the series formula and a more impassioned focus on story justifies this bold change in ...
New York Post

Samurai Japan’s identity crisis led to WBC disaster

MIAMI — Shohei Ohtani gritted his teeth and sucked in some air. “It’s extremely disappointing for it to end like this,” Ohtani said in Japanese, “but there’s always next time.” Next time could be the ...
The Verge

A live-action Samurai Champloo is in the works

Shinichirō Watanabe is also attached to the in-development project. Shinichirō Watanabe is also attached to the in-development project. is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The ...
Wall Street Journal

‘Samurai’ Review: A Military Mythology at the British Museum

That a suit of armor opens the British Museum’s extravagant new exhibition, “Samurai,” is unsurprising. What is a surprise is how empty it looks. The armor may be topped by a dragon-crested helmet ...
Indiatimes

Japan’s legendary Samurai: Unveil the mysterious legacy of knights from fearsome swordsmen to masterful artists

What comes to your mind when you hear the term ‘samurai’? For most people, the imagination rolls out like men on the battlefield, clad in armour, wielding a sword, and unwavering in loyalty. From the ...
The Independent

Half of Japan’s samurai were women, groundbreaking new exhibition at British Museum says

A groundbreaking new exhibition at the British Museum reveals the untold history of Japan’s Samurai class, including the fact that half of them were women. Samurai is the first exhibition to explore ...
Polygon

Netflix's best fighting anime returns with time-traveling samurai

Baki Hanma is back, and he’s stepping into yet another time-bending showdown that pushes this fighting anime to new levels of insanity in Baki-Dou: The Invincible Samurai. The new series arrives on ...
Stars and Stripes

Experience Japan’s feudal history at the Samurai and Ninja Museum

Two of the stars of Japanese history are samurai and ninja, and the Samurai and Ninja Museum in Tokyo gives guests the opportunity to learn about, and even experience, different aspects of the two ...
Variety

‘Last Samurai Standing’ Renewed for Season 2 at Netflix

Netflix has greenlit a second season of “Last Samurai Standing,” the Japanese period-action series that has become a global streaming hit since its debut. Set during Japan’s Meiji period in the late ...