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It has been a long time since a proper new addition to the Samurai Shodown series arrived and fans will now be delighted to find out that there’s a new one on the horizon. It has been confirmed at the Sony PlayStation’s Tokyo Game Show that a new title called Samurai Spirits is being developed for the PlayStation 4.

A short teaser of Samurai Spirits has been released as well, providing us our first glimpse of what to expect from this new title. The title will be powered by the Unreal engine and provide a modern gameplay experience on the PlayStation 4.

Horse riders wearing traditional samurai armor have raced in a festival in the Soma region of Fukushima Prefecture.

The annual Soma Nomaoi Festival dates back more than 1,000 years. It has become a symbol of reconstruction from the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disasters.

Japan's national soccer team has returned home 3 days after a heartbreaking loss to Belgium at the knock out stage of the World Cup in Russia.

Members of the Samurai Blue were greeted by a cheering crowd at Narita airport near Tokyo.

SAKURA, Chiba Prefecture--To sharpen the interest of inbound tourists, the city government here will offer an experience-based samurai tour starting from autumn this year.

According to city officials, the samurai-themed tour will be offered four to five times a month in Sakura, which is located close to Narita Airport.

By Ryuzo Suzuki / Yomiuri Shimbun PhotographerStudios where visitors can have themselves photographed in costumes of samurai warriors or high-ranking courtesans are becoming increasingly popular.

At Samurai Armor Photo Studio in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, seven sets of yoroi kabuto (samurai armor and helmets) are prepared. The outfits were manually reproduced by highly skilled craftsmen based on ones that were used by samurai commanders around the Sengoku warring states period (from the late 15th century to the late 16th century).

SEKIGAHARA, Gifu Prefecture--The historic town of Sekigahara is basking in rediscovered glory, courtesy of out-of-towners eager to roam a medieval battlefield outfitted in samurai armor.

To get the most of their visit to the site of a decisive battle fought here in 1600, tourists can arrange to rent replica "kacchu" armor that gave warriors of old their fearsome look.

MINAMISOMA, Fukushima -- Horsemen clad in samurai armor showed off their skills in the traditional Soma Nomaoi festival held in the Soma district of Fukushima Prefecture on July 30.

Events were staged in various areas including the Hibarigahara festival field in the city of Minamisoma. In the Odaka district, where evacuation orders implemented in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster were lifted in July 2016, samurai horsemen returning from the Kacchu Keiba race and Shinki Sodatsusen flag battle performed the kaeri-uma (returning horse) ritual for the first time in seven years.

Samurai-sword-shaped scissors developed by a manufacturer in Gifu Prefecture in central Japan are proving popular with foreign tourists as well as schoolchildren shopping for souvenirs.

The "Japanese sword scissors" by Nikken Cutlery Co. in Seki, Gifu, mimic decorative features found in the swords used by such feudal-era figures as Oda Nobunaga, a 16th-century warlord, and Sakamoto Ryoma, who tried to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate in the 19th century.