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‘Sword Hunts’: Samurais Seize Control

  • by Nicolas
  • Posted on November 7, 2019

1588: a massive sword hunt is launched across the Japanese archipelago. The mission: disarming peasants…

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  • Heroes

Kamikaze: Last Samurais of the Pacific

  • by Nicolas
  • Posted on August 26, 2019

Following one (last) gulp of saké, kamikaze pilots start their engines to embark upon a…

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  • History

The Pen and the Sword: The Untold History of Samurais

  • by Nicolas
  • Posted on February 14, 2019

In popular culture, samurais are depicted as brave, inflexible warriors, who master the ancient fighting…

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  • Heroes

Visas For Life: A Lesson of Heroic Bureaucracy

  • by Nicolas
  • Posted on August 5, 2018August 21, 2018

1940 was a rough year for Lithuanians. A rough year for pretty much everyone across…

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  • Adventure

Holdin’ Out For Hiroo

  • by Nicolas
  • Posted on September 14, 2017September 7, 2018

  Hiroo Onoda was born in 1922 in the town of Kainan, south of Honshū…

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