Japan on Friday named five uninhabited small isles belonging to an island group in the center of a dispute with China as part of efforts to reinforce its claim, a move likely to spark anger from ...

TOKYO – Japan's government is holding top-secret meetings to decide a new era name for soon-to-be-emperor Naruhito, the crown prince who will succeed the Chrysanthemum throne from his father May 1.

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2016, file photo, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks at the IOC debriefing meeting in Tokyo. Japan wants to start using the traditional order for Japanese names in English in ...

TOKYO — The name of the era of Japan’s soon-to-be-emperor Naruhito will be “Reiwa,” the government announced Monday. Emperor Akihito is stepping down April 30, in the first abdication in 200 years, ...

Japan is expected to see cases where a person’s passport or driver’s license will list two names. Most Japanese women follow their husband’s family name, or 姓, upon marriage, but in the future, they ...

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over recent ...