KAWAGOE, Saitama Prefecture--A samurai parade held as part of the annual Koedo Kawagoe Spring Festival in the historic city will include non-Japanese participants for the first time. The move is ...

Far-right agitators who have been on social media claiming that a 'Foreign Man with a Samurai sword' was trying to 'gain access to Creches in Cork' have been shown to have ignored the clear facts.

KAMEOKA, Kyoto Prefecture—Five foreign visitors can don the armor of a samurai, mount a horse and ride alongside a feudal lord during the 52nd Kameoka Mitsuhide Festival here on May 3.