Dressed in ninja attire, Tsuyoshi Ashihara, left, talks to a customer at the Japan Expo held on the sidelines of the Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 in Osaka’s Konohana Ward on April 27. (Sho Tanji) ...

With a castle and ninja museum, Iga already attracts Japanese history buffs, but that gets kicked up a notch during the Ninja Festa, during which visitors are encouraged to dress in ninja garb. Those ...

KOKA, Shiga -- Around 100 ninja-clad well-wishers from across Japan attended a ninja-style wedding on Sept. 30 in this western Japan city for a bride and groom both passionate about the ancient art.

Information will be provided on the organisation’s website in Japanese and English, and it is planning promotional events around the country to fall on or around “Ninja Day” on February 22.

February 22nd is “Ninja Day” in Japan. It’s a play on words, as in Japanese, 2-2-2 is pronounced ni-ni-ni. The city of Koka in Shiga Prefecture is known as the birthplace of the ninja.

Japanese officials have established a “ninja council” in order to boost tourism ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, a report said. In a bid to capitalize on the global interest in… ...