A panel of experts under Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency on Tuesday selected Japanese calligraphy again as a candidate for ...

Tokyo, March 4 (Jiji Press)--A panel of experts under Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency on Tuesday reselected "shodo" ...

Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand for certain meaning.

Learning Japanese can be an exciting but challenging journey. With three writing systems (hiragana, katakana, and kanji) and ...

For unusual readings, people submitting notifications may be asked to explain the rationale and connection to the kanji. When the new system starts, municipalities will mail notifications of kana ...