Property News · May 26, 2025

Japan takes aim at ‘kirakira’ baby names with new rules on kanji readings


Japan has begun enforcing a law aimed at curbing the rise of unconventional and sometimes bewildering baby names – a move officials say will streamline administrative systems but which also reflects a growing tension between individual expression and traditional norms when it comes to naming.
Revisions to the Family Register Act, which came into effect on Monday, now limit the ways in which kanji – the Chinese characters used in written Japanese – can be read when registering a person’s name….

Source : South China Morning Post
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