A part-time farmer here has sage advice for people stuck in sticky situations where panic must be avoided: Think like a ninja ...

Upon being proclaimed Shogun (feudal military dictator) of Japan in 1603, Ieyasu constructed a palace that would reflect his supreme power. Nijo Castle in central Kyoto was certainly ostentatious ...

For centuries, the ninja has occupied an alluring position in the public imagination. The covert warrior of feudal Japan ... [1467-1590], ninjas did sneak into castles, and sometimes set them ...