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

Government bans unconventional kanji pronunciations to dissuade parents from giving children quirky and individualistic names ...

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

Kanji are symbols that represent words in Japanese. They can stand alone, or they can combine with other kanji or kana to create more words and ideas. They are descended from Chinese characters, which ...

The South China Morning Post shared that prohibited girls' names may include “Jewel,” “Lovely,” “Kitty” and “Elsa,” while ...

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 ...

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

Police said Monday they have launched an investigation after the kanji character for “death ... The incident in August mainly consisted of Chinese characters and some letters from the Latin ...

Why, then, must the script that inspired them all remain obscured behind the generic veil of “Chinese character”? It is as if we insisted on calling kanji “Japanese symbols” or hieroglyphics “Egyptian ...