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\nJapan has begun enforcing a law aimed at curbing the rise of unconventional and sometimes bewildering baby names \u2013 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.
\nRevisions to the Family Register Act, which came into effect on Monday, now limit the ways in which kanji \u2013 the Chinese characters used in written Japanese \u2013 can be read when registering a person\u2019s name….
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
\nRead more…Japan takes aim at \u2018kirakira\u2019 baby names with new rules on kanji readings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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