TOKYO -- Names written in Chinese characters commonly read as "Haruto" or "Hinato" and a single-kanji name usually pronounced as "Tsumugi" were the most popular names given to boys and girls ...

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 ...

Kanji, an age-old fermented beverage made from carrots, mustard seeds, and spices, offers numerous health benefits including improved digestion, enhanced immunity, detoxification, and weight ...

The regulation for enforcing the Family Register Law already determines which kanji can be used in names. Currently, local government officials who receive birth notifications check that the kanji ...

Another acceptable case is where kun readings are applied to multiple kanji, as in Asuka for the characters for "to fly" and "bird," and Otome for the characters for "clever" and "female." ...