With colors that blend into the bright coral of the reef, it’s just waiting for the opportunity to use its sharp teeth to ...

Japan’s furor over rising rice prices is a reminder that state security is built on food.

Roman Coppola has boarded documentary series “A Century in Sound” as an executive producer as Submarine takes joint world sales rights.

There are two broadly accepted ways to write rōmaji, the romanization of Japanese characters in the 26-letter alphabet.One is the Kunrei system, established under a cabinet ordinance in 1937, and ...

Japan could soon change its romanization rules, opting for the more common Hepburn system. This would benefit Japanese people as much as foreigners.

Japan is planning to revise its romanization rules for the first time in about 70 years to bring the official language transliteration system in line with everyday usage, according to government ...

In textbooks for Japanese beginners, rōmaji may be used instead of hiragana. I have seen some negative opinions on learning Japanese via Roman letters, given their limited use in the written ...

A bunch of Ruby Roman grapes that was sold for record 1.2 million yen ($11,000) at the season's first auction in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on July 9, 2019.

Romanization of Japanese dates centuries. A Portuguese system was introduced in the 16th century, and a Dutch style took form in the 18th century, but neither caught on.

When archeologist Hiroyuki Miyagi heard that a bunch of ancient Roman and Ottoman coins had been unearthed from the ruins of an old castle in Okinawa, he initially thought it was a hoax.