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Among the wreckage of a cellar in the city’s oldest square, destroyed during World War II, researchers recently uncovered a rare, finely decorated Japanese sword. The weapon could be up to 500 ...

Here’s how it works. Archaeologists in Germany have unearthed a rare, 17th-century Japanese samurai sword from the wreckage of a cellar that was destroyed during World War II. The team ...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has shared a post of himself helping to make a sword. The tech boss enjoyed a masterclass with Japanese sword maker Akihira Kokaji. Zuckerberg is on a mini-tour in Asia ...