Japan has recently banned what is known as "shiny" or "glittery" names, which are names with unusual pronunciations, ...

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

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

The number of newborns in Japan fell below 700,000 for the first time since records began in 1899, according to government ...

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 ...

Mako Komuro, who is the niece of Emperor Naruhito, left the royal family in 2021 when she married her former college ...

As per new rules in relation to the pronunciation of kanji characters, parents in Japan will have less wiggle room to pick an ...

A trailblazing woman who dedicated her career to advancing the status of Japanese women in society and known as the “mother of the equal opportunity law” has died. The Japan Committee for ...