<B>Japanese tattoos don't always mean what their wearers think they do</B><BR><BR><UL TYPE=SQUARE><I>Stop by any tattoo shop, and there's a good chance you'll see ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Morgan Garcia-Lamarca’s bare back elicits gasps and wide eyes from those who glimpse the 14-inch-long Japanese proverb inscribed down his spine. The four black, broad-brushed ...

Tattoo culture in Japan, especially among Japan's gangster element, has a rich history. While some young Japanese are breaking the traditional taboo and obtaining discreet tattoos, they almost never ...

After dropping her latest single, "7 Rings," singer Ariana Grande celebrated by getting some new ink on her hand. But Ariana Grande’s new kanji tattoo doesn’t say what it’s supposed to, Kotaku reports ...

Pop superstar Ariana Grande was slammed for cultural appropriation today after she attempted to get “7 Rings” — the name of her new hit single — tattoed on her hand in Japanese Kanji, but ...

Putting a needle to your skin for a permanent piece of body art has become commonplace in our culture, but the Far East was doing it long before anyone in America thought of etching a heart with the ...

When choosing a design for a tattoo, most people want something that’s not just cool or beautiful, but meaningful as well. And since you’re going to have the thing forever, an aesthetic that’s already ...

I witnessed a couple of pretty amusing tattoo incedents a while back and I just thought I would share with everyone who hates the ubiquitous kanji tattoo. <BR><BR>I was sitting at a table with a ...

As we told you yesterday, Ariana Grande sought to mark the success of her latest single, “7 rings”, by getting a Japanese-themed tattoo. Unfortunately, Grande flubbed the design; while the characters ...

Put all those criteria together, and there’s definitely a certain logic to people choosing Japanese kanji characters for their tattoos, even if they themselves don’t speak the language. However, there ...