If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...

Japanese already has 2 different sets of phonetic characters. The reason the Chinese-based (kanji) characters are still used is they take up a lot less space, and also encode additional info ...

Despite the Japan-only release, the Sega AI Computer's casing includes an English-language message stressing its support for the AI-focused Prolog language and a promise that it will "bring you ...

For Japanese, speaking English is especially difficult. First, Japanese and English language structures differ; English grammar is subject-verb-object, while Japanese grammar is subject-object-verb.

Now, Japanese authorities will mail notifications to households to confirm the phonetic readings of the names of the members. This will be done not only for newborns but for every household member ...

Jenya was born in Novosibirsk, Russia, but lives and works in Japan as a voice actor. ... coaching the actors on how they could use Japanese phonemes to sound like they were speaking Russian.

A revised family register law in Japan, requiring the inclusion of phonetic readings of personal names, will come into force on May 26 this year. In line with the revision, ...

The mayor of a small Japanese town has become an internet sensation after it was noticed that the characters of his name can be read as “Jo Baiden”, phonetically the same as the name of the ...

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 ...

Japan uses three writing systems – Kanji, which is based on Chinese characters, and two other phonetic systems. Names are typically written in Kanji, and this is where the trouble comes in.

Japan uses three writing systems – Kanji, which is based on Chinese characters, and two other phonetic systems. Names are typically written in Kanji, and this is where the trouble comes in.