A Japanese novelist on Thursday became her country's first to win a major British award for crime and mystery writing, ...

He started writing novels in Japanese and translating them into Romanian around 2018. “For me, learning a language is a hobby," Saito said. "It’s not that I learn the language for my work.

The Japanese convey their hopes for the new year through kakizome, the ritualized first calligraphy writing of the year. Kakizome, meaning "first writing," occurs within the initial days of the year.

The Japanese express their hopes for the new year with kakizome, the ritualized first calligraphy writing of the year. Kakizome or "first writing," takes place within the first few days of the year.

"If Japanese children have problems with visual-spatial processing, they tend to show difficulties in reading and writing in Japanese," especially with Kanji characters.