First ninja graduate!

Japan has produced its first ninja studies graduate after Genichi Mitsuhashi spent two years honing his martial arts skills and absorbing the finer traditions of the feudal martial arts agents. The 45-year-old completed the master's course at Mie University in central Japan, the region considered the home of the ninja. The Mie University set up the world's first research centre devoted to the ninja in 2017 and opened a graduate course a year later.