Japan has decided to outlaw overly flashy and unconventional baby names in the country, locally known as ‘Karikari’ names.

On one occasion, he even applied to use a wacky name that contains 48 Chinese characters. The man, from a village in Guiyang county, Hunan province, central China, was born as Zhu Yunfei ...

Now the government is cracking down on these so-called “kirakira” names, which means sparkly or shiny. New rules came into effect on Monday that will limit parents from giving their babies names ...

Hong Kong's baby pandas had their names announced on Tuesday after their mother, Ying Ying, the world’s oldest first-time ...

Each location was assigned a name in Chinese characters, Tibetan, and pinyin – the romanised spelling of Mandarin Chinese – and accompanied by detailed latitude and longitude coordinates ...

“My name is Syng.” People told him ... The slate, granite and marble headstones were shinier, with English letters and Chinese characters. As we stepped over the graves in the Black ...

TOKYO: Japan has imposed rules to curb how parents choose to pronounce their children's names, targeting a trend known as ...

Hong Kong’s nine-month-old twin panda cubs, previously known only as “Elder Sister” and “Younger Brother”, have been named Jia Jia and De De, respectively, conveying the Cantonese slang term for ...

BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese government said Friday that the Trump administration’s move to ban international students from ...