Saigo Takamori helped shape modern Japan — and then died fighting it. Born a low-ranking samurai, he rose to become a national hero during the Meiji Restoration, helping to end 200 years of isolation.

BONNEY LAKE, Wash. Police say two men were seriously hurt while fighting for control of a samurai sword Monday afternoon. Bonney Lake Police say officers were called to the 9600 block of 208th Avenue ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) – Authorities say an upstate New York man using a samurai sword to fight with another man struck his 8-year-old son in the head. Police in Utica tell local media outlets that ...

A Monopoly match in Belgium turned into a bloodbath -- and not in the figurative board game sense -- after a perturbed neighbor confronted the players with a samurai sword. Not the way to slash ...

The suspect fled with severe injuries after the altercation with the victim. A Pennsylvania robbery suspect was hospitalized after being stabbed with a samurai sword during a home invasion Tuesday ...

TOKYO, Japan — In Narita City, just east of Tokyo, one of the oldest Japanese martial arts skills is still being taught. "This teaching is called Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto-ryu," said Otake Risuke. ...