{
  "id": 7990957,
  "title": "Japan’s 3 Surviving Ninja Manuals: What Real Shinobi Actually Studied",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/japans-3-surviving-ninja-manuals-what-real-shinobi-actually-studied",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:40:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Weekender",
    "slug": "tokyo-weekender",
    "url": "https://www.tokyoweekender.com/art_and_culture/history/japan-real-ninja-manuals/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Back in mid-June, 131 people took the Koka-ryu Ninja Certification Exam in Koka, Shiga Prefecture, one of the centers of Japan’s ninja culture. The test, devised as a way to promote the local heritage of Japan’s famous spy-assassins, awarded extra points for costumes and shuriken-throwing skills, but it was primarily a written assessment that tested […] The post Japan’s 3 Surviving Ninja Manuals:…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}