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 ...

KYOTO--The Japanese public has given its verdict for the kanji character that best sums up events of 2019, and it is “rei,” the first character in the name of the new imperial era, Reiwa.

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In the annual vote, the public nominated this kanji character after experiencing a number of natural disasters. Japan has suffered flooding, typhoons, earthquakes and heatwaves in 2018 ...

If you name a Japanese prefecture, many locals will instantly be able to tell you something that the region is famous for or ...

There is a poem by the Tang Dynasty (618-907) poet Wang Jian that includes this osmanthus, depicting an autumn night: “White ...

Autumn leaves are at their best at the Tateyama mountain range in Japan's Northern Alps. Around the Tateyama Kurobe Alpine ...

The easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for ...

The Memphis Grizzlies of the American professional basketball league NBA announced on October 19 that they have signed a ...

The Bleach Asics collaboration showcases two shoe designs inspired by characters Ichigo Kurosaki and Renji Abarai.

The four kanji characters at the top of the flag are roughly translated as “May your fortunes be everlasting.” Honda was able to quickly identify the soldier as Shinyo Huruyasiki, and noted ...

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. announced today the release of a new addition to the MR-G line, the flagship of the G-SHOCK brand of ...