In conversation with Japan’s last ninja

In conversation with Japan’s last ninja

Getting an interview with Jinichi Kawakami, the man known in Japan as “the Last Ninja,” was no easy task – but nor should it have been. Ninjas, Japan’s legendary covert operatives and assassins, were renowned for their elusiveness, so it would have been disappointing if tracking one down had proved a cinch. It took a good deal of research and persistence before I was granted an interview by landline telephone – which also seems appropriate since…