Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Manjiro, Izana (Photo Credit: LidenFilms) Tokyo Revengers continues its intense storyline in season 3, offering an anticipated ...

This month, NPR's Backseat Book Club hits the high seas for an adventurous novel called Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus. The book begins in 1841, and is based on the sprawling true-life tale of ...

In the mid-1800s, after more than 200 years of near isolation from the Western world, Japan’s first glimpse of the United States arrived through the eyes of a peasant, a fisherman whose tale began at ...

From a teenaged shipwreck survivor brought to the United States to becoming an influential samurai in direct service to the shogun, the life of Nakahama Manjiro (also known as John Manjiro or John ...

In 1841 a young Japanese boy of 14 years named Manjiro was the man of his family having lost his father at the age of eight. His only brother was older but quite sickly. He sought to be a fisherman in ...

NAGOYA -- Japan public broadcaster NHK's historical drama for 2028 has been decided as "John Mung." Its protagonist will be Manjiro Nakahama -- a linguist also known as John Manjiro -- who went from ...

Rescued by an American sea captain, Manjiro spent time abroad before returning home, where he was valued for his expertise but never fully trusted Francine Uenuma | History Correspondent In 1860, ...

It can be tough teaching English in Japan. The chain school grind of late hours, noisy kids and boring middle-aged office workers takes its toll. Uppity teachers at public schools treat ALTs with ...