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

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...

All kinds of Japanese words for parts of the body have kanji with the “meat-moon” radical, including the brain (脳), shoulders (肩), knees (膝), and arms (腕 ...

In Japanese, “Kanji” is the specific writing system and means “character” and “writing” as the two characters ... and Shohei Ohtani. While all four names are legendary baseball ...

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

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 ...