Japan is seeing more inbound foreign tourists than ever these days, which also means more inbound foreign tourists than ever ...

Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable fomat.

Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting, readable fomat.

Pilgrimages have been part of Japanese culture for over a thousand years. The UNESCO-listed Kumano Kodo is legendary among ...

The kanji for gold (金 kin) was chosen as the single most representative character symbolic of the social mood in Japan this year, the Kyoto-based Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation said Thursday.

Kyoto, Japan - December 12, 2024 Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the kanji character "kin," meaning gold or money, with a calligraphy brush on Dec. 12 ...

According to the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, the character received the highest number of votes, totaling 12,148 out of 221,971 submissions. The Kyoto-based educational organization ...

through the latter half of Japan’s Edo Period (1603-1867). Entering certain kanji on the site will simultaneously display variant and simplified characters written on ancient wooden tablets and ...

People in Japan have chosen the Chinese character meaning "gold" or "money" as the kanji that best symbolizes this year. An association promoting the use of kanji announced the result of its ...

TOKYO -- Names written in Chinese characters commonly read as "Haruto" or "Hinato" and a single-kanji name usually pronounced as "Tsumugi" were the most popular names given to boys and girls ...

Japan plans to map out a strategy within 2025 to boost defense equipment exports by enhancing the international competitiveness of its defense industry. The government aims to strengthen the ...