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> Give up and ask people to consistenly use a ascii-only name? > Officially change my name? Yes. That's the only one that's going to actually work. You can go

by lmm 3y ago

> Give up and ask people to consistenly use a ascii-only name? > Officially change my name? Yes. That's the only one that's going to actually work. You can go on about how these systems ought to work until until the cows come home, and I'm sure plenty of people on HN will, but if you actually want to get on with your life and avoid problems, legally change your name to one that's short and ascii-only.

taejo 3y ago
And then never move to Japan (or any other country where names are expected not to have Latin letters in them)
- lmm 3y ago
  Or rather, if you move countries, change your name to one that fits. It's pretty normal and really not that hard.
  - taejo 3y ago
    Interestingly, it seems that Japan does have a procedure for foreigners to officially adopt a Japanese name. Changing your name is often very hard, and doing it in a country where you're not a citizen might be completely impossible, depending on the country.
    - lmm 3y ago
      > Japan does have a procedure for foreigners to officially adopt a Japanese name. Sort of but not really. The post-2012 residence cards do not display a registered alias anywhere, and since those cards are what banks are required to KYC you on, a lot of banks won't allow you to use a registered alias which in turn means it's hard to use it for anything else (credit cards, phone, pension...). It's very non-joined-up government.
em-bee 3y ago
a friend of mine in china had a character in his name that was not in the recognized set of characters. he refused to change his name and instead submitted the character to be added to unicode (which i believe eventually happened) in the meantime he was unable to own the company he founded (instead made his wife the owner), had a national ID card with a different character, and i am not sure if he had a bank account, but i think the bank didn't care because laws that enforced the names to match the passport/ID only came later. i don't know how the ID didn't automatically imply a name change, but the IDs were issued automatically and maybe he filed a complaint about his name being wrong.
aden1ne 3y ago
Names changes are only permitted in a very narrow set of conditions in my place of residence. And this would not be one of them. And I imagine that's the case in many nations.
mavhc 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_My_Name_with_an_S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_My_Name_with_an_S

by lmm 3y ago

taejo 3y ago

And then never move to Japan (or any other country where names are expected not to have Latin letters in them)

lmm 3y ago
Or rather, if you move countries, change your name to one that fits. It's pretty normal and really not that hard.
- taejo 3y ago
  Interestingly, it seems that Japan does have a procedure for foreigners to officially adopt a Japanese name. Changing your name is often very hard, and doing it in a country where you're not a citizen might be completely impossible, depending on the country.
  - lmm 3y ago
    > Japan does have a procedure for foreigners to officially adopt a Japanese name. Sort of but not really. The post-2012 residence cards do not display a registered alias anywhere, and since those cards are what banks are required to KYC you on, a lot of banks won't allow you to use a registered alias which in turn means it's hard to use it for anything else (credit cards, phone, pension...). It's very non-joined-up government.

em-bee 3y ago

a friend of mine in china had a character in his name that was not in the recognized set of characters. he refused to change his name and instead submitted the character to be added to unicode (which i believe eventually happened) in the meantime he was unable to own the company he founded (instead made his wife the owner), had a national ID card with a different character, and i am not sure if he had a bank account, but i think the bank didn't care because laws that enforced the names to match the passport/ID only came later. i don't know how the ID didn't automatically imply a name change, but the IDs were issued automatically and maybe he filed a complaint about his name being wrong.

aden1ne 3y ago

Names changes are only permitted in a very narrow set of conditions in my place of residence. And this would not be one of them. And I imagine that's the case in many nations.

mavhc 3y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_My_Name_with_an_S https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spell_My_Name_with_an_S