The “Assassin’s Creed” franchise, one of the best-selling in video game history, with over 230 million copies sold worldwide, is finally delving into feudal Japan with “Shadows,” its ...

A formal court gown with a long trail thought to have been tailored overseas for Empress Shoken ... director of the Kyoto-based Medieval Japanese Studies Institute. “The work involves ...

HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture—The city government here will offer guests a chance to experience the splendor of a samurai-style tea ceremony hosted by a feudal ... end of the Edo Period (1603-1867 ...