names may be written in hiragana or katakana, the Japanese language syllabaries for words of Japanese or foreign origin, respectively. As such, names...

The word Japan is an exonym, and is used (in one form or another) by many languages. The Japanese names for Japan are Nihon (にほん) and Nippon (にっぽん). They...

historic sites in Japan. The article Japanese addressing system contains related information on postal addresses. Most place names are suffixed with its...

The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. Yuri Amano (由梨, born 1966), Japanese voice actress Yuri Ebihara (友里, born 1979), Japanese model...

The Japanese era name (Japanese: 元号, Hepburn: gengō, "era name") or nengō (年号, year name), is the first of the two elements that identify years in the...

Wa is the oldest attested name of Japan and ethnonym of the Japanese people. From c. the 2nd century AD Chinese and Korean scribes used the Chinese character...

A Japanese Accepted Name (JAN) is the official non-proprietary or generic name given to a pharmaceutical substance by the Government of Japan. International...

Names. The Japanese government supports the exclusive use of the name "Sea of Japan" (Japanese: 日本海), while South Korea supports the alternative name...

had Hangul-only names. During the Japanese occupation of Korea, beginning in 1939, Koreans were forced to adopt Japanese names and naming practices. They...

sometimes Japanese radish varieties. When it is necessary to distinguish the usual Japanese form from others, it is sometimes known as Japanese radish or...

Ai is a Japanese and Chinese and Vietnamese given name. In Japanese, it is almost always used as a feminine Japanese given name, written as あい in hiragana...

The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, タヌキ), is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It...

Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced...

temples in Japan. Japanese Temples Guide to over 190 with pictures and map. Japanese temples of historical interest. With photos. Kyoto and Japanese Buddhism...

Second Sino-Japanese War. The Japanese naval Zero Fighter was named after this year. After the Second World War, the United States occupied Japan, and stopped...

Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: Sora Amamiya (雨宮 天, born 1993), Japanese voice actress Sora Fukuzumi (born 2002), Japanese...

has the largest leg-span of any arthropod. The Japanese name for this species is taka-ashi-gani, (Japanese: タカアシガニ), literally translating to “tall legs...

The name can also be written in hiragana とおる or katakana トオル. Toru Abe (安部 徹, 1917–1993), Japanese actor Toru Arakawa (荒川 通, 1932–2015), Japanese karateka...

Wang lineage traces its ancestry to the Goryeo rulers. Ō (Japanese: 王) is a rare Japanese name, mostly held by those of Chinese descent, such as the baseball...

common in Japan, as both given name and family name (e.g. the Kira clan of Mikawa province). Kira kira also means "glittery, shiny" in Japanese. Variant...

name of both biblical Hebrew and (separately) Japanese origin, used in various languages and cultures. Naomi (nah-o-mi) (נָעֳמִי‎) is a feminine name...

who are Japanese, or are famous for having written in the Japanese language. Writers are listed by the native order of Japanese names—family name followed...

kanji used in Japanese names and in common communication. The term kanji in Japanese literally means "Han characters". It is written in Japanese by using the...

be chosen as a Chinese name, a Hong Kong name, a Japanese name, a Korean name, a Malaysian Chinese name, or a Vietnamese name, but they would be spelled...

Japanese passports (日本国旅券, Nihonkoku ryoken) are issued to Japanese nationals to facilitate international travel. From 2018 to 2022, it was ranked first...

female name with multiple meanings in many different languages. In Old German, Aya means "sword". Aya (あや, アヤ) is a common female Japanese given name meaning...

Mei (Japanese: 芽衣, Mandarin: 美) is a feminine given name used in various cultures, particularly Japan and China. Mei can be written using different kanji...

Marie or Marié (まりえ、マリエ) is a feminine Japanese given name. Occasionally the "e" is written with an acute accent or other diacritic to signify that it...

Japanese ship names follow different conventions from those typical in the West. Merchant ship names often contain the word maru at the end (meaning circle)...

"middle names" are less common in Chinese and Korean names and uncommon in Japanese names. Persons can be referred to by the whole name, the given name, or...