KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--Like the furtive ninja groups it hosted in feudal times, this city in western Japan still has secrets to spill. In this latest instance, researchers discovered the first ...

NAGANO--Hand-copied versions of part of “Bansenshukai,” one of the three major ninjutsu (ninja art) strategy books, were recently discovered at the Sanada Treasures Museum here, leading ...

He is also the honorary director of the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum and a historical ninjutsu researcher and lecturer at Mie University. You can find more information about the Japan Ninja Council here ...

to promote the cities and the ancient Japanese martial arts practitioners, and to please ninja fans. Seventy-four people from east Japan's Utsunomiya to west Japan's Hyogo and Tokushima ...