The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about the order of Japanese names when rendered into the Latin alphabet. Question: Education Minister Masahiko Shibayama has called ...

What's significant about the Japanese alphabet? Kanji are early Chinese characters imported into Japan in the fifth century. Japan, for instance, is written with two characters: 日本 [Nihon], 日 [hi] ...

Global viewers of Friday's opening ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics may have been confused at the order of the national parade, where Andorra was followed by Yemen. Look no further than Japan's unique ...

Learn Hiragana and Katakana: Just like English has A to Z, the Japanese language also has its own alphabet. Fun fact is that Japanese doesn’t use a single language. It uses three writing systems, ...

The Tokyo Olympics are officially underway! While the opening ceremony has already taken place — Japan is 13 hours ahead of the East Coast of the United States — the festivities will be aired again in ...

The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics officially marked the start of the Summer Games. Greece was the first nation to make its entrance, while host nation Japan closed the show. The rest of the ...