Proposed legislation to impose restrictions on how names written in kanji characters can and should be read concerns all Japanese whose names are registered with the authorities. This is an issue that ...

Parents often choose names with aspirations attached to them. A name can convey affection, wishes, and hopes for the ch ...

Japan has introduced new rules to regulate how children’s names written in Chinese characters, kanji, are pronounced. Kanji is one of the three core writing systems in Japanese, alongside hiragana and ...

Reinterpreting Japan's ancient Ateji with a modern sensibility, the lyrical art of weaving sound and meaning together ...

We’ve all heard of some unusual names that celebrities in particular give to their kids. Whether obscure or just plain nonsensical, these types of names are known as kirakira names (literally, ...

Parents will not be able to give any reading they want to the kanji characters they use in naming children under legislation the government plans to enact in fiscal 2024. For example, any reading ...

Probably because some kanji names are difficult to read while others have more than one way to read them. High school baseball teams used to use kanji on their uniforms, but in recent years, they have ...

The Government programme, which will begin from September and follows a development phase and pilot scheme, aims to reduce the number of avoidable brain injuries during childbirth (Dominic Lipinski/PA ...