{
  "id": 18475283,
  "title": "Shodo Set to Become Intangible Heritage: Beauty of Japan’s Handwriting Art Acknowledged Worldwide",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/shodo-set-to-become-intangible-heritage-beauty-of-japans-handwriting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T05:25:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/editorial/yomiuri-editorial/20261106-357529/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With a brush in hand, a writer wholeheartedly creates characters on paper. Using a mixture of kanji, which originated in China, and Japan’s unique kana characters, can produce rich forms of expression. This handwriting culture nurtured over the centuries has been acknowledged worldwide.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}