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Sir Kazuo. With some exceptions - Japanese people "normalize" their names to English name order of Given Name, Family Name when writing or speaking in English.
by Nadya 10y ago
Sir Kazuo. With some exceptions - Japanese people "normalize" their names to English name order of Given Name, Family Name when writing or speaking in English. Some choose not to, usually out of national pride, but it is most common to normalize the name to the target language.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_name#Japanese_names_in_English_and_other_Western_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_name#Japanese_names_i...
- Symbiote 10y agoAn example: Sir Ong-Siang. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Ong_Siang https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_Ong_Siang