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There's going to be a lot more Wikipedia articles with the explanatory note “In this Japanese name, the family name is [surname].” If this catches on, maybe th
by TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
There's going to be a lot more Wikipedia articles with the explanatory note “In this Japanese name, the family name is [surname].”
If this catches on, maybe there will be three eras of Japanese name order in English. Pre-Meiji, Post-Meiji, Post-Reiwa.
- xiaq 7y agoAll the articles on Chinese people already have this. For example, this one on the writer Lu Xun: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Xun https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lu_Xun. This convention is widely practiced in Western journalism, but unfortunately it hasn't become common knowledge. As a Chinese person working in UK, I frequently have to explain my name order, despite the fact that most people have definitely seen "Eastern" names like Xi Jinping and Yao Ming in the news. I guess most people never asked themselves whether "Xi" and "Yao" are given names or family names. Personally I welcome this change by the Japanese government. My hope is that this will raise awareness of the "Eastern" name order.
- BlameKaneda 7y agoMakes me wonder if non-Japanese Wikipedia articles will change the surnames to reflect this. e.g. "MIYAZAKI Hayao (宮崎 駿 born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, screenwriter, author, and manga artist. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, a film and animation studio, he has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and as a maker of animated feature films, and is widely regarded as one of the most accomplished filmmakers in the animation business."