Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating ...

Despite winning a record 18 Emmys, not everyone was enthused by the success of Shogun, which charted the fierce battle for power in one of Japan's most fraught historical eras. Jerry London, the ...

It was here, in 1868, that the last shogun ... has long held a special place in Japanese thought, ranging from religion and philosophy to aesthetics and architecture. That essential belief ...