Japan's word of the year is the kanji character for “tax”- a reflection of growing public anxiety over the cost of living and impending tax rises in the character. The single character can be read as ...
It has been a taxing year for many in Japan and the character “zei”, which refers to taxes, has been chosen by the public as the kanji character that best represents 2023. Kanji are Chinese characters ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Seihan Mori, chief Buddhist priest at Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto, writes the Chinese "mitsu", meaning "congested" or "dense", as the ...
The vast amount of books and documents left by people in the past are very important materials for considering history and culture. However, language and notation change over time, and many old ...
Proposed legislation to impose restrictions on how names written in kanji characters can and should be read concerns all Japanese whose names are registered with the authorities. This is an issue that ...