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

Japan has introduced new rules restricting how names are spelled and pronounced. The new regulations, announced last week, ...

Yes, it’s true. Japanese has three completely separate sets of characters, called kanji, hiragana, and katakana, that are used in reading and writing. That first rendering of “Tokyo” is in kanji, with ...

Japan is putting outlandish baby names to rest by cracking down on niche monikers that have become trendy in recent years, ...

The agency said writing is an effective way to learn kanji and an important factor in properly selecting characters on digital devices. “We found that many people have concerns,” an agency ...

Kanae Collins, a passionate artist and educator, guides students through the intricate world of kanji, the logographic ...