(Look at those gold-inlaid ideographs ... an intricate variant of ancient Chinese writing. After months of analysis, experts concluded the inscription reads "King of Yue made this sword for ...

NARA--Researchers have unearthed a shield-shaped bronze mirror and massive iron sword in an ancient kofun burial mound here, unprecedented discoveries of their kind in Japan. The unusually ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword that at more than 2 meters long ranks as the largest intact ancient blade ever discovered in Japan is heavily oxidized after being buried in soil for ...