By MASATOMO NORIKYO/ Staff Writer
October 25, 2022 at 07:00 JST
A circled area in a painting of the town around the Fukui domain’s castle from the Matsudaira Bunko collection shows a residential area for ninja. (Provided by the Fukui Prefectural Archives)
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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