Offering sword mountings during shrine festivals is a time-honored tradition in Japan that was observed by the Maeda clan of the feudal Kaga Domain and elsewhere, he added. The fundraising project ...

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SETOUCHI, Okayama Prefecture--Craftspeople here restoring a Japanese sword for Aung San Suu Kyi have not heard from her representatives since her arrest in a coup staged by the Myanmar military.