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As a sport, not for means of defense. The yakuza uses guns more than swords, but occasionaly there are reports of murders using katanas (samurai sword) hope this helps
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Where were the samurai swords made from?
Samurai swords are from Japan. The swords were made of hardened steel.
What are some traditions in Japan?
Building and using Samurai swords.
What are fact of Japan?
The Samurai swords were built of the strongest steel of any swords ever made.
What country was the samari sword made in?
Samurai swords are traditionally made in Japan.
Where are samurai swords?
in Japan, or in the US but its very rare to find one in the US
When did Japan stop using samurai-swords and all that?
because they had new and more better weapons
What does Samurai Warriors stand for in Japan?
Samurai Warriors in Japan were very skillfully trained combatants. They used swords and armor as their main equipment for fighting. They stood mainly for Zen Buddhism
If Japan is natural resource poor how did the ancient Japanese make swords and armour for samurai among other things?
well, in ancient japan, the artisans would made their swords with wood and metal.
What percent of Japan are samurai's?
Samurai's no longer exist in Japan. People often practice the sword styles for special events, but there are no real Samurai left in Japan.
What was Japan's first tribe?
Japan's first tribe was the Yakuza. Yakuza is now a Japanese mafia. For more information, please research on the Yakuza from wikipedia.org
What were some of the social privileges that samurai enjoyed?
The samurai of ancient Japan could wear two swords, were the highest level of hierarchy, and could behead anyone they wanted to, just because they wanted to.
These people were members of the hereditary warrior class that existed in japan until the 1870's?
samurai
