Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospital staff attend to babies in the nursery ward in Misato city, Saitama prefecture, Japan. - Yamaguchi Haruyoshi/Corbis ...

When Japanese parents Shigeru and Ayako Sato named their child Akuma (which translates to “Devil”) in 1994, they spoiled the baby name game for the rest of the country. According to the South China ...

As such names have increased, so has media attention to cases of people unhappy with them. But critics say new rules may infringe on the right to be creative. By Hikari Hida Reporting from Tokyo ...

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over recent ...