If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...

Japan has introduced new rules on the names parents can give their children with restrictions on the pronunciation of kanji ...

Zag, the independent animation studio founded by Jeremy Zag, “Miraculous” co-creator and producer, is opening an outpost in Japan and has appointed former Toei Animation boss Kanji Kazahaya as ...

Revisions to the Family Register Act, which came into effect on Monday, now limit the ways in which kanji – the Chinese characters used in written Japanese – can be read when registering a ...

All kinds of Japanese words for parts of the body have kanji with the “meat-moon” radical, including the brain (脳), shoulders (肩), knees (膝), and arms (腕 ...

Currently, 18 out of Japan's 47 prefectures have moved to offer such assistance to small and medium-sized firms as well as agriculture, forestry and fisheries operators, with nine more prefectural ...

Four Japanese players will receive these rare “Kanji” cards, where their names are written in their native language, and the pictures are anime. In Japanese, “Kanji” is the specific ...

The Japanese government is cracking down on unique children’s names – here’s what it means - Government bans unconventional ...

Shizuoka, May 23 (Jiji Press)--Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures are considering the ... in which the mountain straddling the two central Japan prefectures is closed. Shizuoka Governor Yasutomo ...