This time of year prompts us to reflect on our achievements, places we've visited, and people we've spent time with. As the new year approaches, we often compile a list of aspirations in the form of ...

We’re back and ready to take on the third, and most puzzling, type of Japanese text: katakana. Recently, we started taking a look at the question of why the Japanese language needs three sets of ...

Kanji is a logographic alphabet part of the Japanese writing system. Windows 7 enables non-Japanese computers to virtualize Japanese language support; you can write in kanji on your keyboard even if ...

Uppsala, Sweden, 17th Dec 2025 – Paper Whisper has introduced a seasonal selection of Japanese stationery curated around ...

Heidi Borst is a freelance journalist, healthcare content writer and certified nutrition coach with a love of all things health and wellness. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The ...

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 ...