By MASATOMO NORIKYO/ Staff Writer
October 25, 2022 at 07:00 JST
An illustration of a hook-fitted rope, shown in “Bansenshukai,” a book about covert agents’ skills during the Edo Period (1603-1867), is believed to have resembled one used by ninja in the Fukui domain. (Provided by the National Archives of Japan)
FUKUI--Ninja assassins working under the cover of darkness and dispatching victims without being detected are rooted in fact, but as for working in complete anonymity and lobbing smoke bombs to mask their getaway--that could be simply fanciful, new research suggests. [Read More]
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