The traditional katana sword ... the iron ore to steel and yielding about two tons of tamahagane. The highest quality tamahagane can cost up to 50 times more than ordinary steel made using modern ...

NARA--Researchers have unearthed a shield-shaped bronze mirror and massive iron sword in an ancient kofun ... Daryukyo is a type of mirror that was made in the Japanese archipelago in the Kofun ...

KASHIHARA, Nara Prefecture--An iron sword ... red pigment made from cinnabar adorned the sheath and the hilt. Officials expect to finish removing soil from the other side of the sword this autumn.