A 26-year-old woman has gone on trial for allegedly killing her newborn baby son and burying his body in the garden of her parents’ home in Hokuto City, Hokkaido, in 2024. In the first session of the ...

Japan has introduced a new rule that will no longer let parents name their babies whatever they want. The rule was made to stop the use of kirakira (which means shiny or glittery) names. Examples of a ...

Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Embryonic stem cells are harvested from fertilised eggs and using them in research has raised ethical issues because ...

They’ve put the glitter in the gutter. Japan has officially cracked down on “kirakira” — meaning “shiny” or “glittery” — baby names, with a new law aimed at dimming the dazzle of outlandish monikers ...

Sakura Godber’s first instinct when considering baby names for her son in 2012 was to lean toward more Western names. Her own ...