She made her debut as a “kunoichi,” or a female ninja, this summer at the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum in the Ueno-Marunouchi district here. Atsumi, a native of Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture ...

Kawakami is the last heir of the Ban clan of Kōka-Ryū Ninjutsu. He is also the honorary director of the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum and a historical ninjutsu researcher and lecturer at Mie University.

a martial arts gym for the Togakushi-ryu school of ninja techniques and other martial arts. The experience sparked interest in Iga. The Iga region had no ruling warlord until it was conquered by ...