Japan is the only country in the world that legally requires married couples to share the same family name — and that creates ...

Law requiring couples to share one surname hinders women in the workplace and lowers birth rate, campaigners claim ...

Japanese cars are known for their sensibility, quality, and reliability, but some models stand out with their stunning ...

Kimono colorful, made uprising faces of white, light and mysterious steps: The image of the geisha He has been fascinated ...

Keidanren, Japan’s largest business lobby, says the status quo “hinders women’s advancement”. Campaigners are not stopping there. They say junking name rules will also help stop uncommon ones dying ...

If you're looking to transform your home into a serene space with a touch of Japandi style, these Japanese houseplants are ...

Japan has introduced new rules to regulate how children’s names written in Chinese characters, kanji, are pronounced. Kanji is one of the three core writing systems in Japanese, alongside ...

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.

Emerging in the early 2010s, vaporwave as a subgenre of electronic music, visual art style, internet meme, and aesthetic can be characterized by its retro-futuristic sounds and imagery. Inspired ...

By Dean of Faculty's Office. Published on May 8, 2025 In her latest work, McGaughey examines the history and meaning of the Japanese aesthetic, Yūgen 幽玄 Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Hanna ...

Remember when the design world fell for feng shui? Its proliferation in the West followed Richard Nixon’s state visit to China in 1972 and it didn’t take long for people to apply its teachings to ...