Japan has introduced new rules restricting how names are spelled and pronounced. The new regulations, announced last week, aim to quell a growing practice of Japanese parents giving their babies ...

The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand for ...

The Japanese government is cracking down on unique children’s names – here’s what it means - Government bans unconventional ...

Japan has introduced new rules on the names parents can give their children with restrictions on the pronunciation of kanji ...

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 ...

It’s a tradition that started in 1995, and can sometimes give us an indication as to what’s going on in the minds of the Japanese public. Or, at least, the people who vote on the kanji.

Learning the Japanese language is not for those ... children and also is easy compared to Katakana and Kanji. Hiragana has a set of 46 characters. All 46 characters have phonetic syllabaries ...

Kanji are symbols that represent words in Japanese. They can stand alone, or they can combine with other kanji or kana to create more words and ideas. They are descended from Chinese characters, which ...