as seen in the kanji 咲 (to blossom), 菜 (canola), and 葵 (hollyhock), and the kana spelling out Japan’s famous sakura or cherry blossoms. The name 美咲 (Misaki) topped the annual list for ...

Revisions to the Family Register Act, which came into effect on Monday, now limit the ways in which kanji – the Chinese characters used in written Japanese – can be read when registering a ...