The Japanese writing system is made up of Kanji (Chinese characters), Hirigana, and Katakana. Without going into it too much, just know that Hirigana and Katakana are collectively known as the ...

KYOTO -- The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation announced on Dec. 12 that the kanji character for 2024, which expresses the state of the world through a single character, was "kin," meaning ...

Archaic forms of kanji that are difficult to decipher in ... scholars and others can gain a better grasp of what people were writing about in bygone times. Six research institutes were involved ...