FILE PHOTO: Children dressed as ninjas pose for a souvenir picture during a ninja festival in Iga, about 450 km (280 miles) from Tokyo, April 6, 2008. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
TOKYO (Reuters) - A city in Japan has been bombarded with inquiries from aspiring ninjas, the country's famed feudal mercenaries and spies, after a news report on city tourist promotions was mistaken for a "ninjas wanted" advertisement.
Iga, a small city in central Japan, has long dubbed itself the home of one style of the black-clad, throwing-star-wielding covert agents for hire, staging ninja shows and offering "ninja experiences" for tourists.
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