Japan's thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it's battling a new challenge -- climate change.

Japan's thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it's battling a new challenge -- climate change.

For more than a millennium, Japan has celebrated its samurai heritage with armoured horseriders charging through the countryside during its annual Soma Nomaoi festival. Up until…

南相馬市:千年の歴史を誇る日本の侍馬まつりは、戦争、地震、原発事故を乗り越えてきた。そして今、気候変動という新たな試練と戦っている。相馬野馬追は騎馬武者を訓練するために始まったが、千年経った今でもその姿は変わらず、侍の甲・・・

Japan's thousand-year-old samurai horse festival has survived wars, earthquakes and a nuclear disaster. Now it's battling a new challenge –...