The samurai were a preeminent class defending Japan for centuries. But as the Tokugawa shogunate ushered in an era of stability, the need for them faded, forcing these warriors to find a new way of ...

Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the history of Japan continues with a video on the Edo Japan’s social order and the bakuhan system, as we deduce what the feudal structure ...

It also fits a wider pattern. As a scholar of historical memory, I have observed that references to the Russian Middle Ages are part of the Kremlin’s broader politics of using the medieval past to ...

Tatsuo Yasunaga, chairman of Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc., says that Japan must take the lead in maintaining a free trade system amid “extremely low visibility” on the policies of the ...

What Was Life Really Like For A Medieval Peasant ... life really like for a peasant during the Middle Ages? Under the feudal system, was it all backbreaking toil on the land, working for a ...

Japan plans to move up the schedule for introducing an electronic travel authorization system to the year ending March 2029 from the initial plan of 2030 amid a rapidly growing number of foreign ...

This made the ancient age a terrible time in Japan’s history, but life began to improve during the medieval epoch that lasted between 1150 CE and 1600 CE. According to the University of Colorado at ...

In Japan, volunteer probation officers engage in offender rehabilitation and reintegration activities. They help parolees and others who have committed crimes rehabilitate and reintegrate themselves ...

One of the biggest questions surrounding Nintendo Switch 2 is how it will sell once it gets released. While there seems to be a lot of buzz surrounding Nintendo’s new system, it can often be ...

Borrowing – the difference between total public sector spending and income – was £16.4 billion in March 2025; this was £2.8 billion more than in March 2024 and the third-highest ...

Nintendo's president, Shuntaro Furukawa, has announced that the company will not be able to satisfy demand for the Switch 2 on launch day in Japan. According to a post on social media ...