The city government announced the discovery of Akechi Mitsuhide's Sakamoto Castle on Feb. 7. He is believed to have led the coup against Nobunaga, who was on the verge of unifying Japan.

The famed leader Oda Nobunaga had two righthand men who contributed to unifying the nation One was Akechi Mitsuhide and the other Kinoshita Tokichiro both rivals of each other for higher ...

During Japan's feudal era, Mitsuhide Akechi worked to foil Nobunaga Oda's ambition for the unification of the entire country. To this end, Akechi had his eyes set on many of Oda's vassals ...