A Japanese novelist on Thursday became her country's first to win a major British award for crime and mystery writing, ...

The three Japanese writing systems include: Hiragana is the most commonly used script in everyday Japanese writing. It consists of 48 characters, which have curved shapes.

VOX POPULI: Vertical writing an indispensable part of thinking in Japanese Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.

Why Japan Is So Difficult to Write About. The country’s aesthetics and inventions have spread far. It still remains a singular place. To accompany one of this issue’s stories, ...

The Japanese convey their hopes for the new year through kakizome, the ritualized first calligraphy writing of the year. Kakizome, meaning "first writing," occurs within the initial days of the year.