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.

KYOTO--A project to use rare metals from discarded computerware to create modernistic mountings for a legendary sword known as Onikirimaru (ogre slasher) aka Higekiri (beard cutter) is off to a ...

The sword was pulled from the attic decades ago, but a recent ceremonial cleaning revealed it was a priceless heirloom from the 12th century.