They’re children of their parents,” one person argued on X/Twitter wrote in defense of kirakira names.“Please stop ...

As the New York Post previously reported, New Zealand also has a list of forbidden names — and it’s royally strict. King ...

A new Japanese law is extremely effective against long-time Pokémon fans, who want to share their love of Nintendo's ...

If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” ...

Japan has introduced new rules on the names parents can give their children with restrictions on the pronunciation of kanji ...

The name King reigns once more — as the top banned baby name in New Zealand. Every year the country, which has strict naming laws, releases a list of the most commonly declined names.

TOKYO – A producer of the hit Japanese anime film Your Name has been handed a four ... Koichiro Ito had violated “laws on child prostitution and pornography”, as well as having non ...

In what could only be described as the plot of a Lifetime movie, a pregnant woman, two weeks out from her due date, said her mother-in-law has decided that she is going to name her baby ...

Artificial insemination using sperm donation began in 1948, and it is said that over 10,000 children have been born in Japan through ... a special civil law established that if a child is born ...

The launch of the new "child support fund" is based on the view that the costs ... LDP is self-satisfied with this new law. Need to vote them out. We raised our son without all the subsidies that ...

Australian parents in Japan ... name only”. He said it contained no guiding principle that parenting should be shared, referring only to a vague concept of acting in the best interest of the child.

The bill's passage overturns an existing law permitting only sole custody by one parent. The amendment reflects shifting attitudes toward gender and family in Japan, where women remain the primary ...