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 ...

In Japanese, most given names can be written with kanji, or traditional Chinese characters. A lot of kanji share similar ...

when envoys brought seeds over from China to use in medicine. Since then they have been embraced by people across Japan as a symbol of the hot summer months.

It’s the first week of October and the chill is setting in, but, don’t worry, our takes are still hot. This week, gathered ...

He now uses it to make traditional Daruma dolls, Japanese symbols of good fortune. Using old jeans from his clients, Shimizu makes one-of-a-kind Daruma that they'll never want to let go.

It's a nice look into Japanese history and martial arts. However, Like a Dragon: Ishin! also has brilliant characters and a fascinating open world where players get to join a revolution to fight ...

Almost a decade after its founding, Cool Japan Fund Inc. may be merged with other investment funds or eliminated if it cannot turn around its losses soon. That was a proposal a subcommittee of the ...

The central government originally created Cool Japan Fund Inc. in 2013 to support overseas sales of cultural products such as anime and Japanese cuisine, and saw it as a potential winner that ...

Shinkansen, which means ’new trunk line’, has become the symbol of post-World War II Japan and a shining example of speed and ...

Hideo Kojima and Death Stranding 2's Japanese cast debuted tons of new footage from the upcoming open-world game, though it's ...