Yes, it’s true. Japanese has three completely separate sets of characters, called kanji, hiragana, and katakana, that are used in reading and writing. That first rendering of “Tokyo” is in kanji, with ...

I'm learning ASP now and am trying to write a kanji flash card site (KanjiFlash) for practice. I managed to get a basic implementation up and running but it's very slow. Currently, the site is ...

The Cultural Agency said in a report this week that 66.5% of Japanese surveyed believe their ability to write kanji characters has deteriorated due to the proliferation of cell phones and computers.

Nissan has unveiled its third-generation Leaf EV with a completely new design. The 2026 model sheds the last vestiges of its original compact car body and leans fully into crossover SUV territory. The ...

Kojima Productions E3 site, which opened up on Friday, has updated, revealing some kanji writing. We aren’t sure what this could relate to, but you could pretty much guess what it is anyways. It ...

Joe Lauer, a long-term American resident of Hiroshima, sent the following feedback on a workshop I conducted to promote the Kanji Proficiency Examination (Kanken), a standardized test that ...

Two thirds of Japanese people admit they are losing the ability to pen the "kanji" characters used in the written language because of their reliance on emails and mobile phone messages.

Instruction Show Section II of the Incorporating Japanese Brush Painting PowerPoint, which shows a kanji writing practice in a Japanese elementary school classroom. Explain that, like the Japanese ...

KYOTO -- The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced on Dec. 12 that the kanji character for 2024, which expresses the state of the world th ...