He continued to collect Japanese swords on the sidelines of his practice as a physician. Twenty-two of the 31 blades are categorized as “koto” (old swords), which date to around the 16th ...

Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades ...

Cursor found the sword among seized Japanese military weapons stacked up ... to return the sword to Japan before he turned 100 years old. Clost, a journalist living in Denver, Colorado, had ...