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Burger King Japan has revealed its biggest burger yet, the Baby Body Burger, in partnership with the Japan Sumo Association.
Burger King Japan has launched a 'yokozuna-class' jumbo-size burger in partnership with the Japan Sumo Association.
If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...
A falling birth rate doesn’t mean the end of civilization. Just look at how Japan is handling it. James Pethokoukis is a ...
The South China Morning Post shared that prohibited girls' names may include “Jewel,” “Lovely,” “Kitty” and “Elsa,” while boys' names “Prince,” “Naruto,” “Pikachu” and “Naiki” (pronounced like "Nike") ...
Baby black-tailed gulls born in the spring have grown to be about the same size as their parents on Kabushima Island in the ...
Japan just outlawed “glittery” baby names like Pikachu, Prince, and Devil — part of a crackdown on quirky names deemed bad for kids’ futures.
Statistically speaking, for every baby born in Japan, two people pass away. The country’s rapidly shrinking population is, according to officials, a “national emergency” threatening its future ...
Japan is putting outlandish baby names to rest by cracking down on niche monikers that have become trendy in recent years, such as Pudding, Kitty and Pikachu.
Economic coverage of falling birth rates these days sounds like a CNBC adaptation of the 2006 dystopian thriller Children of ...
Japan has introduced new rules to regulate how children’s names written in Chinese characters, kanji, are pronounced.. Kanji is one of the three core writing systems in Japanese, alongside ...
Japan's new imperial baby - the first male born in 41 years - has been named Hisahito during a traditional ceremony in hospital in the capital, Tokyo. The baby was born to the emperor's second son ...