A rusty blade pulled from an attic decades ago was just revealed to be one of the oldest Japanese samurai swords in existence ...

In total, 31 Japanese swords of various styles line an exhibition room at the museum. Some of them are as valuable as government-designated important cultural properties, officials said.

The German was surrounded by beautiful prostitutes and unsuccessfully tried to buy a Japanese sword, according to his diary, which was recently translated into Japanese. Schliemann and his fellow ...