The Order of Japanese Names

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 Hello, everyone!!


Today, I'm going to write about the order of Japanese names as in the title. This is strange topic to talk about with you, because you almost all are Japanese.


Domestically, the order of our names is of course family-name to given-name. (as my name is 宮島 渓太)

And then, in English classes, you probably use given-name to family-name order. (However, I stuck to family-given order throughout 1st semester.)  

I think this is because the name order of English people (or American people??) is in this order.


And then, what about the order of the names of the people from areas other than English-speaking countries in English context.

I have few examples, but I found that the names of Chinese and Korean people are written in amily-name to given-name order. 


Not sure if you know, Japan's government announced that they would write Japanese names in family-name to given-name order in official documents since January 1st, 2020.  And they said  they would capitalize all the letters of their family-name when they want to tell clearly which is their family-name.

So now I am MIYAJIMA Keita.


Do you have any opinions on which way to take? Please leave a comment.

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