HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - In his studio in Kaneohe, artist Naoki Hayashi puts his signature stamp on an old Japanese art form of fish rubbings that has been around since the 19th century.

In Japan, instead of writing your signature on legal documents, adults are expected to use a personal seal, called either a hanko or inkan. Usually stamped with red ink, the seal leaves a round circle ...

When signing important documents in Japan, it’s common not to whip out a pen, but a personal seal stamp. With names written in Japanese often having far more strokes than they would in the Latin ...