Are ninjas Japanese?

When I say what you know about ninja is “wrong”, I'm using quotes because this iconography, while not historically accurate, was created, refined, and tweaked in Japan. The mythic ninja appears in Japanese manga, TV, film, video games and more. read more

A ninja (忍者) or shinobi (忍び) was a covert agent or mercenary in feudal Japan. The functions of the ninja included espionage, sabotage, infiltration, assassination and guerrilla warfare. Their covert methods of waging irregular warfare were deemed dishonorable and beneath the samurai, who observed strict rules about honor and combat. read more

Best Answer: Ninja were Japanese. BUT the art of Ninjutsu goes way back in history and much of the technique came from China. Many people seem to think that the Ninja sword techniques are the same as those used by the samurai. That is not true. read more

That is where ninjas originated. But they are actually known as Ninjanese. Some people think that Ninjas are Chinese or Japanese, but that is not the. read more