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what happened today in history!

Hello, and welcome to your Japanese history of today, 31 August. Well... not all events of today. I don't have the time for that, tho it is something I'd love to do if I could get enough support. The most

It’s the anniversary of the day Tokugawa Ieyasu moved into Edo Castle in 1590. This is a giant event in Japanese history. Hideyoshi controlled most of Japan at the time. He was distrustful of Ieyasu,

GQ's Charlie Burton interviews Stephen Turnbull about ninjas: “If the ninja have any basis in fact, the following three criteria must be satisfied,” says Turnbull. “One, that a unique corpus of military

Japan is very popular and one thing everyone wants to know about—or thinks they want to know about—is Japanese history. When I had my own Japan themed website I was constantly getting email on the subject.

Looking up at the gate of Rokusho Shrine, Tokugawa Ieyasu’s family shrine where only a few were allowed to enter in pre-modern times. This was a very special place back in the day. This was the family