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'Demon Slayer,' 'Shogun' effect: Japanese swords forge new fanbase

By Tomohiro Osaki | February 11, 2026 - 1:50pm

Driving the sword boom of the last decade has been video game "Touken Ranbu," where swords take on the form of handsome...

Arts and Culture

Samurai swords

November 20, 2013 - 12:00am

SWORDS. A man selling long knives and two Japanese samurai swords boarded a passenger bus outside of the Cebu Bus Terminal...

Freeman Opinion

Samurai sword scares some jeepney passengers

August 29, 2012 - 12:00am

A man with an unsheathed samurai sword created some fear among jeepney passengers bound for Lahug recently.

Freeman Opinion