Japanese traffic lights are blue instead of the green Americans know, but the reasoning involves some complex linguistic ...

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

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist argues that David Henry Hwang's play makes one think about "who belongs in America and ...

Government bans unconventional kanji pronunciations to dissuade parents from giving children quirky and individualistic names ...

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...

The South China Morning Post shared that prohibited girls' names may include “Jewel,” “Lovely,” “Kitty” and “Elsa,” while ...

For AAPI Month, we reached out to AAPI professionals in the gaming industry about their thoughts on representation.

Kurama, the fearsome nine-tailed fox in Naruto, draws inspiration from Japanese folklore's kitsune, magical foxes known for ...

BEIJING: As International Children's Day fell on Sunday (June 1), 10-year-old Zhang Shucheng excitedly opened his gift -- a ...

Examples of kirakira names include Pikachu (from "Pokémon") Naiki (like the brand Nike), Kitty (Kitty Chan) and Pū (like ...