Japanese sword making is a tradition that goes back centuries, and one that's carried on to this day. Each sword take dedication, skill and can take over 18 months to create. The resulting blades ...

In total, 31 Japanese swords of various styles line an exhibition room at the museum. Some of them are as valuable as government-designated important cultural properties, officials said.

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... it into a trough of water in a rapid cool-down process called "quenching." ...

NIKKO, Tochigi Prefecture--A special exhibition that brings together some of the nation’s finest swords is being held ... precious pieces from one of Japan’s five major collections,” said ...