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

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

Examples of kirakira names include Pikachu (from "Pokémon") Naiki (like the brand Nike), Kitty (Kitty Chan) and Pū (like ...

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Thursday that he “agreed with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent that ...

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The foreign policy scholar Emma Ashford explains what President Trump is really doing in the Middle East and Ukraine.

I recently took a trip to Tokyo, Japan, and I was fascinated by so much in this legendary city. I decided to give the ...

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In short, 39 means “thank you.” But just how did the number 39 came to be associated with the term “thank you”? Japan’s Kanji ...

USD/JPY falls below 144.000 despite a decent recovery in the US Dollar.