Kohei Horikoshi’s manga My Hero Academia centers on heroes who help keep society safe, preventing anyone from misusing their ...

If you’re the kind of person who finishes a jar of pickles and finds yourself tipping it to sip the last of the juice, kanji ...

The Japanese government is cracking down on unique children’s names – here’s what it means - Government bans unconventional kanji pronunciations to dissuade parents from giving children quirky and ind ...

Revisions to the Family Register Act, which came into effect on Monday, now limit the ways in which kanji – the Chinese characters used in written Japanese – can be read when registering a ...

Topps has announced an ultra rare parallel that will be inserted into this year’s Bowman Baseball 2025, which releases May 7th. Four Japanese players will receive these rare “Kanji” cards ...

their parallel development paths mean that the same character may have evolved different meanings in Japanese and Chinese. For instance, the commonly used kanji “da zhangfu” means “no problem” in ...

TOKYO -- Names written in Chinese characters ... "Single-kanji names are very popular because they are easy to read and tend to leave a lasting impression." (Japanese original by Hayato Narisawa ...

Defenders of thick thighed characters were quite passionate about the topic- with several pointing out that thighs should be thick because the word for thighs in Japanese contains the kanji for thick ...

This will open up the Japanese eShop, which, unless you know a bit of Kanji and Hiragana ... VG247 Simply enter in the 16 character code and then press 'OK' to redeem your voucher.