Why did the samurai rebel against the Tokugawa shogunate? How and why did Japan become an imperial power? Does Japan still have an emperor? Did the emperors of Japan rule with absolute authority? What was the role of the emperor in feudal Japan?
The Occupation of Japan refers to the Japanese military occupation after losing the Second World War. Allied powers like the United States military occupied the country to ensure that they did not participate in any other war. Also, the occupation benefitted the country through the new ...
To young and idealistic Japanese soldiers who saw themselves as modern-day samurai, such mass surrender was all but unimaginable; better to die than accept such a fate. They neither cared for nor understood the Western soldiers’ acceptance of surrender or lack of shame attached to preserving ...
Afro Samurai 2 was taken off Steam by its makers, and future episodes canceled, because "The game was a failure," according to general manager of developer Versus Evil Steve Escalante. "If you look at the reviews, it wasn’t that the game was broken or buggy, people just didn’t like...
If you likesamurai sagasand science fiction, then "Gintama" is the anime for you. Based on Hideaki Sorachi's hit manga, it takes place in an alternate version of Japan's Edo period, one in which aliens called Amanto have taken control. Terrified by the might of the Amanto (meaning "...
But I did not do so because spending time on the book had necessitated spending less time on Financial Samurai. I felt like I had to catch up on some neglected items, such as updating old posts and cleaning up backend technical stuff. ...
How did Alexander the Great die?Alexander the Great died at age 32, but his cause of death is unclear. What killed him has been a long-standing source of debate.Livescience Earth is racing toward climate conditions that collapsed key Atlantic currents before the last ice age, study findsGlob...
With the Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku manga, Yuji Kaku has crafted a top-tier shonen series, populated with ninja, samurai, and terrifying beasts. A must-read.
In Japan, the ruling elite of the Shogun’s government could be displaced by an alternative and much older source of legitimacy, the ‘Sacred King’ or Emperor. The Japanese gentry were content with this – the formal privileges of the Samurai were ended, but they retained their social ...
“It became a big hit in Japan. And the truth is they said, ‘Oh, Max is a samurai,’” says Miller. Having an international hit on your hands for your first feature film is pretty impressive, though Miller laughs now about an embarrassing incident from this period. ...