Changes aim to standardise pronunciation of kanji characters and officials can refuse to accept a name deemed to negatively ...

A revised law now requires all names in the national family registry to include phonetic readings. Read more at ...

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") ...

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Japan has introduced new baby-naming rules to clamp down on the rising trend of “kirakira” (flashy or glittery) names.

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A s per new rules in relation to the pronunciation of kanji characters, parents in Japan will have less wiggle room to pick ...

There have been a spate of problems surrounding the use of My Number identification cards that function as health insurance certificates. The government should strengthen measures to ensure that ...

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 characters—Chinese‐derived characters written in Japanese. Since the 1980s, ...

Standardizing the pronunciation of kanji characters is designed to make administrative procedures easier, the Japanese government says. The way a character is pronounced must be "generally ...

The new rule comes into force this week and aims to prevent parents from giving their children strange or distasteful names.