Americans may try to find the most whimsical, beautiful, and one-of-a-kind baby names for their children — but in Japan, that ...

As the New York Post previously reported, New Zealand also has a list of forbidden names — and it’s royally strict. King ...

Whereas countries like New Zealand and Japan ban parents from choosing certain baby names, American parents are able to get ...

Japan has officially cracked down on “kirakira” names of the babies with a newly introduced law.According to CNN, unusual ...

Changes aim to standardise pronunciation of kanji characters and officials can refuse to accept a name deemed to negatively ...

Japanese parents can no longer name their children Naiki (Nike), Pikachu, Kitty, Pudding, Daiya (diamond), or Pu (from Winnie ...

A revised law now requires all names in the national family registry to include phonetic readings. Read more at ...

A new law being introduced in Japan will restrict parents' options for child names, with the intent of curbing an epidemic of ...

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

Japan has decided to outlaw overly flashy and unconventional baby names in the country, locally known as ‘Karikari’ names.

Names such as Pikachu, Diamond, Nike, and even Devil have become increasingly common in Japanese classrooms over the past 30 ...

Japan has introduced new rules restricting how names are spelled and pronounced. The new regulations, announced last week, ...