MISATO, Japan — Sparks illuminate the soot-covered studio of Japanese swordsmith Akihira Kawasaki as his apprentice hammers red-hot steel, showcasing a millennium-old craft now enjoying a resurgence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The iron dakō sword has heavily rusted after more than 16 centuries underground. In this photograph, a replica of the sword lies ...

In Japan, not even the magic powers of Harry Potter, or the House of Gryffindor, are enough to evade the country’s strict weapons laws. Replica swords from the Harry Potter franchise, sold by the ...

Restoration work on a metal artifact found in Berlin, Germany, has revealed it to be an "ornately decorated" Japanese sword that possibly dates to the 17th century. The object was uncovered in the ...

OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Japanese swords are iron works of art. In recent years, Japanese swords have become popular around the world as works of art. West Japan's largest sword exhibition and ...

PHOENIX — Takashi Uchimi remembers the day his father's sword came home from the war without his father. The elder Uchimi left home when his son was just 4 to work as a civilian supplier in support of ...

Archaeologists excavating a burial mound in Nara City uncovered a wooden coffin with an almost 9-foot-long sword and a copper mirror, photos show. Photo from a screengrab of Nara City Hall's video ...

Replicas of a sword featured in the Harry Potter film franchise have been recalled in Japan for violating the country's strict weapons law. The full-sized replicas of Godric Gryffindor's sword - which ...