“Seals have been required on important documents as common practice in Japan, dating to the Meiji Era (1868-1912),” Kamikawa said. But retaining spaces to stamp with a hanko on forms may ...

One man’s story about life in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation The top boss usually stamps their seal upright on the left of a document, with lower-ranking employees all tilting their ...

He came to Japan in June 2014 to gain teaching experience ... Hiroaki Kikuchi, 46, who has collected about 4,000 seal stamps at temples and shrines nationwide and written books on goshuin, said ...