The unprecedented assault on Japan by Mongol forces in 1274 had a deep impact on the shogunate and led to the construction of a wall around Hakata Bay. While history often depicts the invaders ...

If you’re curious about sumo, Japan’s national sport, and fortunate enough to visit in November, scoring tickets to the Grand ...

In November 1274, a fleet carrying some 30,000 Mongol Empire troops approached Hakata Bay off the Japanese island of Kyūshū. Genghis Khan had established the empire in the early thirteenth ...

In Fukuoka Prefecture, at the northern end of the most southerly of Japan’s four big islands, Kyushu, you can learn a lot about kamikaze. Like many island nations, Japan’s historical self ...