If you go to Japan, there’s a chance you might meet someone with an unusual name – such as “Nike,” “Pikachu” or “Pudding.” While still a minority, these names have grown in popularity over recent ...

For past generations of Japanese parents contemplating a name for their newborn, the rule was largely to play it safe. This is, after all, the country where the proverb “The nail that sticks out gets ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hospital staff attend to babies in the nursery ward in Misato city, Saitama prefecture, Japan. - Yamaguchi Haruyoshi/Corbis ...