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 ...

Japan has officially cracked down on “kirakira” names of the babies with a newly introduced law.According to CNN, unusual ...

Names such as Pikachu, Diamond, Nike, and even Devil have become increasingly common in Japanese classrooms over the past 30 ...

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 ...