Ninjas are renowned for their stealth, but their disappearance is causing headaches in Japan. Growing tourism is a good problem to have. However, the increased demand is exposing a ninja shortage in ...

A region of Japan looking to use "ninja" warriors to boost tourism has made an American man the first foreigner to draw a salary for joining the ranks of the stealth assassins. Aichi prefecture in ...

A Japanese university student of ninja history got an “A” for handing in what appeared to be a blank paper but – her professor then realized – turned out was written using an old ninja technique: ...

A museum in Japan dedicated to the famed Iga clan of ninja was raided by thieves on Monday, who snuck in and stole more than 1 million yen ($9,400) from a heavy safe, before vanishing undetected, ...

Ninjas are undeniably cool—and not necessarily because they always wear black. Though pop culture ninjas have a monochrome look, historically speaking ninjas or shinobi are thought to have worn navy ...

TOKYO (AP) — Japan is turning to those hooded samurai-era acrobatic spies known as ninja to woo tourism. The Japan Ninja Council, a government-backed organization of scholars, tourism groups and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under a multi-year licensing deal between Esquire and producers TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System Television), the Ninja Warrior ...