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Did this article put his given name first, despite being about him asking that the media put the family name first? I wonder if he finds that as frustrating as

Did this article put his given name first, despite being about him asking that the media put the family name first? I wonder if he finds that as frustrating as I do.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago
It looks like it. From his wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dno it looks like his father's name is Yōhei Kōno which which suggests that Kono is his family name.
- TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
  You can also just read the Japanese pronunciation in brackets :)
- Hamuko 7y ago
  Taro is also a very common Japanese male name. Think of "John".
philwelch 7y ago
He “plans to ask” the media to do so.
gojomo 7y ago
This outlet, like others, will follow their own official style guide until that style guide is updated. And, it appears Japan Times' style guide uses the ordering Kono would like them, and others, to change. I doubt this individual example frustrates Kono any more than the general rule. He'll understand outlets don't vary such things case-by-case, according to individual news-subjects' preference, which is why he's making a formal request that norms change. The headline would be clearer, both here and where it originally appeared, if it specified "international media", and used "respect order" rather than "switch order" – to avoid the interpretation that he was asking domestic media to switch to the English-speaking-world's more typical ordering.
apendleton 7y ago
I'm sure they, like most publications, have a house style guide that dictates things like this to ensure consistency across articles and over time. They'll presumably follow that style guide as it now stands until it's updated, at which time they'll change all articles to conform to the new style. Depending on the circumstance, what a person or entity wants to be called isn't the only consideration when deciding how to refer to them in print, and publications don't generally tend to want to leave it up to the whims of individual authors.
ptah 7y ago
yes, it made the article itself confusing and look like a mockery of what he is asking

Did this article put his given name first, despite being about him asking that the media put the family name first? I wonder if he finds that as frustrating as I do.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 7y ago

It looks like it. From his wikipedia article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dno https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dno it looks like his father's name is Yōhei Kōno which which suggests that Kono is his family name.

TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
You can also just read the Japanese pronunciation in brackets :)
Hamuko 7y ago
Taro is also a very common Japanese male name. Think of "John".

philwelch 7y ago

He “plans to ask” the media to do so.

gojomo 7y ago

This outlet, like others, will follow their own official style guide until that style guide is updated. And, it appears Japan Times' style guide uses the ordering Kono would like them, and others, to change. I doubt this individual example frustrates Kono any more than the general rule. He'll understand outlets don't vary such things case-by-case, according to individual news-subjects' preference, which is why he's making a formal request that norms change. The headline would be clearer, both here and where it originally appeared, if it specified "international media", and used "respect order" rather than "switch order" – to avoid the interpretation that he was asking domestic media to switch to the English-speaking-world's more typical ordering.

apendleton 7y ago

I'm sure they, like most publications, have a house style guide that dictates things like this to ensure consistency across articles and over time. They'll presumably follow that style guide as it now stands until it's updated, at which time they'll change all articles to conform to the new style. Depending on the circumstance, what a person or entity wants to be called isn't the only consideration when deciding how to refer to them in print, and publications don't generally tend to want to leave it up to the whims of individual authors.

ptah 7y ago

yes, it made the article itself confusing and look like a mockery of what he is asking