FUJISAWA, Kanagawa Prefecture--Much mystery surrounds the collector behind an ongoing exhibition at Fujisawa City Art Space here, but one thing is for certain: Whoever it is likes cats, big time.

The notebook had been preserved at the Fujisawa City Archives here and in an advanced state of deterioration. Book-format reproductions of the document were donated to the Fujisawa city government.

The students were largely drawn to Chinese due to their interest in Chinese culture. "Japan and China are geographically close and share many cultural similarities. That intrigued me and sparked my ...

Most contestants of the event, which took place on Sunday in Japan's Fujisawa City, had been studying Chinese for just over a year in their spare time. Though their pronunciation was still ...