Japan’s Kanji of the Year 2025 is 熊 (bear). Here’s why it won, what it says about Japan.

<B>Japanese tattoos don't always mean what their wearers think they do</B><BR><BR><UL TYPE=SQUARE><I>Stop by any tattoo shop, and there's a good chance you'll see ...

Japan chose the kanji character for war as the symbol for 2022 after a year marked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the assassination of former leader Shinzo Abe. In the annual event held to choose ...

For young Japanese children, learning more than 1,000 kanji characters during their six years of elementary school is a monumental task, but the addition of some toilet humour has proved a huge ...

Japan has chosen the symbol meaning "disaster" to define the year 2018 after floods, earthquakes and typhoons hit the country. The announcement was broadcast live as Seihan Mori, master of the ancient ...