Note: Gassho is the act of joining a pair of hands in prayer.

Japanese macaques that live in the mountains can be watched up close at Takasakiyama Natural Zoological Garden in the city of ...

Some Japanese letters have different romanisations, such as “si” in kunrei, which follows the pattern of the 50 Japanese hiragana characters ... means newspaper in English, the agency intends ...

New manga by Squid Girl creator to be serialized in Young Magazine starting February 3, 2025. Title of the manga, Akuma de ...

Yushima Tenmangu shrine in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward enshrines Sugawara no Michizane, known as the "god of studies." Before the entrance exam season, it is ･･･ ...

The Cultural Affairs Agency, which is considering establishing a unified writing style of romaji — romanized Japanese — has ...

Born Max van Gelder to a Jewish family in Amsterdam in 1916, Geldray was a pioneering jazz harmonica player.

BORN Max van Gelder to a Jewish family in Amsterdam in 1916, Geldray was a pioneering jazz harmonica player.

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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 ...